Versions of the Text of Lucretius

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    2. Lucretius - Side-By-Side English and Latin Versions 8

      • Cassius
      • March 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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      March 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM

    2. Poetic differences between Leonard and Humphries translations (opening verse of book 1) 3

      • Kalosyni
      • March 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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    2. Montaigne's copy of Lucretius - digitized online! 3

      • Don
      • November 12, 2023 at 6:45 AM
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      November 12, 2023 at 9:04 AM

    2. Manuscript References 2

      • Don
      • October 31, 2023 at 7:27 AM
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      October 31, 2023 at 8:05 AM

    2. Cyril Bailey's Latin Text of De Rerum Natura 10

      • Joshua
      • May 17, 2023 at 10:27 PM
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    4. Joshua

      May 22, 2023 at 1:21 PM

    2. Paper: Comparisons of Six English Translations of Lucretius De Rerum Natura 3

      • Kalosyni
      • May 17, 2023 at 10:53 AM
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      May 17, 2023 at 10:53 AM

    2. DRN translation by Molière 2

      • waterholic
      • February 19, 2023 at 10:16 AM
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      February 20, 2023 at 7:57 PM

    2. Favorite Translation of Lucretius 32

      • Eikadistes
      • June 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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      June 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM

    2. Lucretius In Free Downloadable Side-By-Side Latin-English Form - The Loeb Edition By Rouse (First Edition)

      • Cassius
      • June 17, 2022 at 3:49 PM
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    2. LaTeX - A Typesetting Mark-Up Language 1

      • Joshua
      • June 26, 2021 at 1:33 PM
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      June 26, 2021 at 1:45 PM

    2. William Harris - "The Old Idiosyncrat's Method to Homer" 1

      • Joshua
      • May 31, 2021 at 10:58 PM
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      June 1, 2021 at 2:04 AM

    2. Toward a New Interlinear Gloss of De Rerum Natura 88

      • Joshua
      • May 30, 2021 at 6:33 PM
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      July 1, 2023 at 9:51 PM

    2. Versions of the Text of Lucretius - 1743 Daniel Browne Edition - Unknown Translator 19

      • Cassius
      • July 14, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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      July 14, 2024 at 6:00 PM

    2. Best translation of DRN 2

      • brett
      • January 14, 2018 at 10:23 AM
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    2. Best Lucretius translation? 12

      • Rolf
      • July 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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    2. Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 19

      • Cassius
      • June 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4

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      • June 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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      June 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM

    2. New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"

      • Cassius
      • June 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

      • Eikadistes
      • June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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