| Diagoras of Melos: A Contribution to the History of Ancient Atheism Contributor(s): Winiarczyk, Marek (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110443775 ISBN-13: 9783110443776 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $151.04 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - History | Ancient - General |
| Series: Beiträge Zur Altertumskunde |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.22 lbs) 242 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Diagoras of Melos (lyric poet, 5th c. B.C.) has received special attention for some time now because he was regarded as a radical atheist and the author of a prose work on atheism in antiquity. He was notorious for revealing and ridiculing the Eleusinian Mysteries and was condemned for impiety at Athens. The present book evaluates Diagoras' biography and shows that he cannot be considered to have been an atheist in the modern sense. |
Contributor Bio(s): Winiarczyk, Marek: - Marek Winiarczyk, University of Wroclaw, Poland. |