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Book Title: Empedocles: The Extant Fragments
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 1.2in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Empedocles
Publication Name: Empedocles : the Extant Fragments
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Year: 1981
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 61.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 376 Pages