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A Master of Science HistoryThe Puzzle Picture of Lucretius: A Thriller from Herculaneum

A Master of Science History: The Puzzle Picture of Lucretius: A Thriller from Herculaneum [Titus Lucretius Carus wrote On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) in the first half of the first century BC in six books and (at least) 7409 hexameters to free his friend Memmius and everybody else who happened to read his poem, from the fear of gods and death, and so be able to live a happy life. On the Nature of Things is both a didactic poem and an epic, hailing Lucretius’ philosopher hero Epicurus as the first man (or rather god!) to give a complete, atomistic and irrefutable explanation of everything going on in the world. Lucretius’ literary model was Quintus Ennius, “father of Roman poetry,” and his verses have a weight and majesty and a depth of passion, which have caused critics to rank him as the equal of Virgil, if not his superior] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Master of Science HistoryThe Puzzle Picture of Lucretius: A Thriller from Herculaneum

Part of the Archimedes Book Series (volume 30)
Editors: Buchwald, Jed Z.
Kleve, Knut
A Master of Science History — Dec 8, 2011
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
ISBN
978-94-007-2626-0
Pages
63 –78
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-2627-7_6
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[Titus Lucretius Carus wrote On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) in the first half of the first century BC in six books and (at least) 7409 hexameters to free his friend Memmius and everybody else who happened to read his poem, from the fear of gods and death, and so be able to live a happy life. On the Nature of Things is both a didactic poem and an epic, hailing Lucretius’ philosopher hero Epicurus as the first man (or rather god!) to give a complete, atomistic and irrefutable explanation of everything going on in the world. Lucretius’ literary model was Quintus Ennius, “father of Roman poetry,” and his verses have a weight and majesty and a depth of passion, which have caused critics to rank him as the equal of Virgil, if not his superior]

Published: Dec 8, 2011

Keywords: Happy Life; Greek Culture; Script Type; Vertical Cleft; Author Unknown

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