Nil igitur mors est ad nos? Iphianassa, the Athenian plague, and Epicurean views of death

Morrison, A. (2013) Nil igitur mors est ad nos? Iphianassa, the Athenian plague, and Epicurean views of death. In: Lehoux, D., Morrison, A.D. and Sharrock, A. (eds.) Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 211-232. ISBN 9780199605408 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199605408.003.0009)

Abstract

This chapter focuses on how Lucretius devises the evocation for the reader of what it feels like to be involved in some of the most distressing and intimate aspects of human life and death. It argues that, while non‐Epicurean readers (the vast majority) may be deeply moved and troubled by the powerful evocation of human suffering in the poem, for the Epicurean pupil such passages constitute a harsh and uncompromising lesson about fear, grief, and death.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Additional Information: eISBN - 9780191750595
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Morrison, Professor Andrew
• Authors: Morrison, A.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Classics
• Journal Name: Lucretius
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• ISBN: 9780199605408

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