Lucretius: Selections from the De Rerum Natura

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Lucretius: Selections from the De Rerum NaturaLucretius offers his readers a complete guide to happiness and a total tour of the universe. Even a few selections from his poetry reveal the radical freethinker at his very best. This book draws on the latest research into the text and interpretation of Lucretius. It is aimed at the sixth former or undergraduate who seeks a helpful introduction to the poem; little background knowledge of Latin literature will be assumed. The commentary elucidates

This collection contains the full text of 'Old Cantankerous' (Dyskolos)

yet detailed

thereby shaming Clodia and glossing over the more awkward charges levelled at his client

The Introduction gives an outline of the background knowledge needed by a beginner in Virgilian studies

or political oppression

architectural canons

First published in 1867 and later revised

Chronology

and metaphysics

and re-presenting familiar tales - including the tragedy of Coriolanus and the story of Romulus and Remus - The Early History is a truly epic work

The meticulous commentary and full vocabulary

first published as one of the history 'red Macmillan' series