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Restraining and taming Nature was fundamental to the Hellenic urban quest. Classical Athens, with her utilitarian view of Nature, exemplified this ideal, which also informed the urban endeavors of Rome and was expressed through the domestication of Nature in villas and gardens, and through primitivist and Epicurean tendencies in Latin literature.

The Epic City

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    A Paperback / softback by Annette L. Giesecke

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      Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/2007
      ISBN13: 9780674023741, 978-0674023741
      ISBN10: 0674023749

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      Book Synopsis
      Restraining and taming Nature was fundamental to the Hellenic urban quest. Classical Athens, with her utilitarian view of Nature, exemplified this ideal, which also informed the urban endeavors of Rome and was expressed through the domestication of Nature in villas and gardens, and through primitivist and Epicurean tendencies in Latin literature.

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