On the nature of the universe / Lucretius ; translated by Ronald Melville ; with introduction and notes by Don and Peta Fowler.

Author
Lucretius Carus, Titus [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2008]
Description
xxxviii, 275 pages ; 20 cm.

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Firestone Library - Classics Collection PA6483.E5 M45 2008 Browse related items Request

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    Series
    Oxford world's classics [More in this series]
    Summary note
    This is a new verse translation of Lucretius's only known work, a didactic poem written in six books of hexameters. Melville's particularly literal translation of the use of metaphor is especially helpful to those looking at the text from a scientific or philosophical point of view.
    Notes
    This ed. of this translation originally published: 1997.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Language note
    Translated from the Latin.
    ISBN
    • 9780199555147 ((pbk.))
    • 0199555141 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2008482134
    OCLC
    319247378
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