"Explores how Ovid turns to philosophy, and especially the dialogues of Plato, to find meaning in a world that is fluid, uncertain, and dangerous. However, he highlights the limits of philosophy to capture the changing nature of reality and thereby realigns the boundaries between poetry and science"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Chaos and creation; 3. Turbulent worlds: Phaethon and the flood; 4. Janus and the many worlds; 5. Archimedes and the model universe; 6. Pythagoras, the early lives; 7. The philosophy of desire; 8. The exile of philosophy; 9. The afterlife of ovid and plato; General index; Index of passages discussed; Bibliography.