Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lucretius’ life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Lucretius, in both English translation and the original Latin
* Concise introduction to the epic poem
* Provides both verse (William Ellery Leonard) and prose (H. A. J. Munro) translations of ‘De Rerum Natura’
* Includes H. A. J. Munro’s celebrated prose translation
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the books you want to read with individual contents tables
* Provides a special dual English and Latin text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students
* Features a bonus biography – discover Lucretius’ ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Translations
ON THE NATURE OF THINGS: PROSE TRANSLATION
ON THE NATURE OF THINGS: VERSE TRANSLATION
The Latin Text
CONTENTS OF THE LATIN TEXT
The Dual Text
DUAL LATIN AND ENGLISH TEXT
The Biography
LUCRETIUS by William Young Sellar
