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Lucretius
This is a verse translation of Lucretius' only known work, "On the Nature of the Universe", a didactic poem in six books of hexameters. Melville's particularly literal translation of the use of metaphor should be helpful to those looking at the text from a scientific or philosophical point of view.
310 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 5, 1998 |
| Original release date | 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198150978 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 146 × 224 × 23 mm · 544 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Melville, Sir Ronald |
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