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Empedocles on Etna

Overview

Empedocles on Etna is a dramatic poem or closet drama in two acts written by the Victorian poet-critic Matthew Arnold and first published, anonymously, in 1852. The poem describes the philosophic contemplations and suicidal ravings of the ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles (c. 494 – c. 434 BC) and his legendary death in the fires of Mount Etna on Sicily.

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Philosophers who discussed Empedocles on Etna

• Empedocles

Related ideas

• Matthew Arnold
• Callicles
• Mount Etna
• Sicily
• Apollo
• Empedocles

Place in the tradition

Part of Empedocles.

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