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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucretius Carus, Titus.

Contributor:

Melville, Ronald, Sir

Fowler, Don, 1953-1999.

Fowler, Peta.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

De rerum natura. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Didactic poetry, Latin--Translations into English.

Didactic poetry, Latin.

Philosophy, Ancient--Poetry.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 275 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Summary:

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:

"A verse translation by Ronald Melville"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxxiii]-xxxvi).

ISBN:

0192817612

OCLC:

39523070