On the Nature of the Universe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199555147)

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.

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Author: Lucretius, Ronald Melville
ISBN-10: 0199555141
ISBN-13: 9780199555147
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2009
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d