The Poem of Empedocles: A Text and Translation with a Commentary

by Empedocles and Brad Inwood

Book Overview

This revised edition of The Poem of Empedocles (1992) integrates substantial new material from a recently discovered papyrus and published by A. Martin and O. Primavesi. The papyrus contains evidence of over seventy lines or part lines of poetry, of which more than fifty are both new and usable. The integration of this material into the previously known fragments has significant impact on our understanding of Empedocles, one of the most influential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802083536
• ISBN13: 9780802083531
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"