Quae quoniam rerum naturam sola gubernas, nec sine te quicquam dias in luminis oras exoritur neque fit laetum neque amabile quicquam, te. As an epic, it begins with an invocation to the muse, in this case, venus. Retrieved july 9, 2015 via the cambridge digital library. For health reasons he has recently passed the maintenance of the library to someone new who will continue it in the same spirit. On the nature of things by lucretius, part of the internet classics archive. Lucretius, on the nature of things loeb classical library. Consider the whole discussion of how the rooster emits certain particles which stab the pupils of the lion 4. Lucretius refers to memmius by name four times in the first book, three times in the second, five in the fifth, and not at. Lucretius and the transformation of greek wisdom cambridge, 1998.
Perseus digital library perseus digital library includes lexica, a morphological database, catalog of hundreds of vases, sculptures, coins, buildings, and architectural sites, an atlas of greece with satellite maps, a historical encyclopedia, works of literature, and many other resources. Lives and opinions of eminent philosophers, chapter xii this work is the most important remaining source of information about epicurean philosophy, and it contains a number of letters represented to have been written by epicurus himself c. Merrill, in university of california publications 4 1917, 1258. Over a century ago, james loeb announced the founding of the loeb classical library and his intention to bring the written treasures of the ancient greek and roman world within the reach of all who care for the finer things in life. The perseus project and beyond how building a digital library challenges the humanities and technology. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. The perseus project also known as the perseus hopper is a digital library project of tufts university, which is located in medford and somerville, near boston, in the u. Rutilius, and the two sonsinlaw of laelius, scaevola and fannius. Of the remainder of his childhood and his early adolescence we know little more than can be gleaned from the meditations. The digital loeb classical library extends the founding mission of james loeb with an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing virtual library of all that is important in greek and latin literature. On the nature of things lucretius harvard university press.
The perseus digital library is a partner and supporter of open greek and latin, an international collaboration committed to creating an open educational resource featuring a corpus of digital texts, deepreading tools, and opensource software. The perseus project version 4 also known as perseus hopper is a digital library project of tufts university, which is located in medford and somerville, near boston, in the u. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. I am writing to report that the perseus digital library had the honor of receiving support for an neh digital humanities level 3 project. On march 15, eldarion released the initial version of the scaife digital library viewer. What is the abbreviation for perseus digital library. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. The release is, of course, a first step, but this first step changes the world in at least two fundamental ways.
Perseus digital library latin perseus digital library english please follow and like us. And we ourselves indeed to make this book, and still to seek the nature of the world and set it down, when once discovered, here in these my countrys leaves. National endowment for the humanities 400 7th street, sw washington, dc 20506. Latin research latin 4 east greenwich high school library. As you type in search fields, you will see a summary appear right here. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. And we ourselves indeed to make this book, and still to seek the nature of the world. The project is mirrored by the max planck society in berlin, germany, as well. The biography of him in the socalled historia augusta a. Text in latin at the latin library full latin text of drn. On the nature of things is a firstcentury bc didactic poem by the roman poet and philosopher lucretius c. It is also believed that the roman poet virgil referenced lucretius and his work in the second book of his georgics when he wrote.
This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Still, lucretius lays out some of his principles in their strongest form. Perseus digital librarys selection criteria are the epoch and the representativeness of the texts in the sense of being part of canonical world literature. Martial wishes her to be safe in the afterlife, and so asks his parents to make sure she is not frightened. To go directly to a particular text or passage, you can enter a. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. As such, it is unique in latin literature, as the later roman reception of greek philosophy was heavily influenced by ciceros rejection of epicureanism. Articles about ancient history the website offers information on ancient history. Most relevant lists of abbreviations for pdl perseus digital library. Includes lexica, a morphological database, catalog of hundreds of vases, sculptures, coins, buildings, and architectural sites, an atlas of greece with satellite maps, a historical encyclopedia, works of literature, and many other resources. Now as with all dilemmas, all forced choices this one, between dead matter bound by deterministic laws. Mar 19, 2018 on march 15, eldarion released the initial version of the scaife digital library viewer.
Titus lucretius carus was a roman poet and philosopher. Beyond translation new possibilities for reading in a digital age. Writing four centuries after lucretiuss death, he enters under the 171st. A library of materials pertaining to ancient greece, which is expanding to include resources on ancient rome. Thumb drives could perhaps serve as the miniature books of the 21 st century onto which the classical texts in the perseus digital library or the phi though not the tlg could be downloaded to reach a larger reading audience and attract more students. To see a full list of available texts, leave all fields blank and hit search the texts. For example, lucretius argues against those who believed that fire was the uhr. Odyssey, the odyssey of homer rendered into english prose for the use of those who cannot read the original revised by timothy power and gregory nagy. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now.
It purports to be a eulogy to erotion, a slavegirl who has recently died. If any one has any ideas of where else i can look for one it would be much appreciated. Release of perseus tei xml collections in greek, latin, and english under a creative commons license 2007. Perseus digital library national endowment for the. What sets the latin library apart in the digital latin landscape, if anything, is its prominence. On the nature of things was rediscovered in a monastic library in 1417 by poggio. Perseus digital library updates news and announcements from. Odyssey, the odyssey of homer rendered into english prose for the use of those who cannot read the original revised by timothy power and gregory nagy 1 of 5 translations. Works by lucretius at perseus project internet encyclopedia of philosophy entry by. Ive been wanting to try reading it in latin this summer but my searches mostly on amazon havent really been fruitful. As perseus project, aa perseus digital library is a projekt zum afbau vo ana frein digitaln bibliothek.
In six books compounded of solid reasoning, brilliant imagination, and noble poetry, he expounds the scientific theories of the greek. Titus lucretius carus was presumably born on october 15 99 bce, i. The scaife viewer is a reading environment for premodern text collections in both their original languages and in translation. On the nature of things has been divided into the following sections. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. It would take too much space to point out all the matters wherein i am unable to follow professor merrills grouping of lucretius. The perseus digital library has a translation that begins, mother of rome, delight of gods and men, and indicates the translation is by william ellery leonard. May 01, 2020 this book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. According to naura frequent statements in his poem, the main purpose of the work was to free gaius memmiuss mind of the supernatural and the fear of death and to induct him into a state of ataraxia by expounding the philosophical system of epicuruswhom lucretius glorifies as. Perseus is an evolving digital library, sponsored by tufts university, offering primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient history. So if the info on the perseus digital library is correct, what is being sold as humphries translation is actually leonards translation. In carnuntum book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12. Many comments have been posted about on the nature of things.
This massive collection includes important greek and latin classics in their original languages. Lucretiuss optical theory and doctrines of how the senses work seem rather convoluted and bizarre. Dec 26, 2016 what sets the latin library apart in the digital latin landscape, if anything, is its prominence. Type in any combination of criteria to formulate a new search. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning. This epigram is often selected by those giving examples of martials poems. Contents title page chronology half title page introduction by gregory hays meditations book 1.
While this is just one project with limited funding, it reflects a larger potential shift for the study of. Pdl abbreviation stands for perseus digital library. The project assembles digital collections of humanities resources. In six books compounded of solid reasoning, brilliant imagination, and noble poetry, he expounds the scientific theories of the greek philosopher epicurus, with the aim of dispelling fear of.
The internet classics archive on the nature of things by. On the nature of the universe book 4 throughout the first three books of on the nature of the universe lucretius walks a thin line between philosophy, science and poetry. Perseus digital library the digital classicist wiki. In april 20, the perseus digital library joined forces with the open greek and latin project at the university of leipzig. Monica gale in her book on lucretius traces two alternative views to the hesiodic. Greek and latin grammars and commentaries are also included. Lucretius wasnt the only one to reject the hesiodic view of man descending from a golden age. In book 4 he sets out to prove once again that the universe is composed only of physical bits of matter called atoms and that gods did not create the cosmos nor. The poem, written in some 7,400 dactylic hexameters, is divided into six untitled books, and explores epicurean physics through poetic. On the nature of the universe is a didactic epic poem. In books i and ii lucretius presents the principles of atomism. Book i 94k book ii 106k book iii 95k book iv 117k book v 9k book vi 122k download.
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