Technical ekphrasis in Greek and Roman science and literature : the written machine between Alexandria and Rome /

Main Author: Roby, Courtney, 1978-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2016].
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245 1 0 |a Technical ekphrasis in Greek and Roman science and literature :  |b the written machine between Alexandria and Rome /  |c Courtney Roby. 
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300 |a vii, 336 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 21 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |a Introduction: the written machine -- Genres: texts and artifacts -- Cultural contexts -- Ekphrastic complex -- Diagram and artifact -- Description and instruction -- Knowledge and artifact -- Conclusion: the limits of description. 
650 0 |a Ekphrasis 
650 0 |a Rhetoric, Ancient 
650 0 |a Literature and science  |x Greece 
650 0 |a Literature and science  |x Rome 
650 0 |a Science  |x History  |y To 1500  |z Greece 
650 0 |a Science  |x History  |y To 1500  |z Rome 
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