Lovers in Arms: Empedoclean Love and Strife in Lucretius and the Elegists
Work
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: This article argues that Lucretius' 'tableau' of Mars and Venus at the opening of the De rerum natura (DRN 1.29-43) imparts to elegy's fixation with love and war a quasi-Empedoclean outlook on the cre... more
Source: Dictynna
Author Donncha O’Rourke
Institution Institute of History and Archaeology
Cites: 60
Cited by: 48
Related to: 10
FWCI: 2.826
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 95.84
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Sustainable Development Goal Peace, justice, and strong institutions
Open Access status: diamond