Book contents
- Approaches to Lucretius
- Approaches to Lucretius
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Text
- Chapter 1 Critical Responses to the Most Difficult Textual Problem in Lucretius
- Part II Lucretius and his Readers
- Part III The Word and the World
- Part IV Literary and Philosophical Sources
- Part V Worldviews
- Works Cited
- Index Locorum
- Index Rerum
Chapter 1 - Critical Responses to the Most Difficult Textual Problem in Lucretius
from Part I - The Text
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Book contents
- Approaches to Lucretius
- Approaches to Lucretius
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Text
- Chapter 1 Critical Responses to the Most Difficult Textual Problem in Lucretius
- Part II Lucretius and his Readers
- Part III The Word and the World
- Part IV Literary and Philosophical Sources
- Part V Worldviews
- Works Cited
- Index Locorum
- Index Rerum
Summary
This opening chapter surveys the broad range of critical responses to the difficulties presented by DRN 1.44–9 (on the immortality and tranquility of the gods) from Renaissance accounts to the most recent discussions of the problem. The status of the passage as a locus nondum sanatus and its high-profile appearance in the poem’s proem render these verses the most difficult passage for the Lucretian editor. The present discussion weighs complex theories about the verses’ purpose against text-critical theories about the work’s composition and transmission.
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- Approaches to LucretiusTraditions and Innovations in Reading the <I>De Rerum Natura</I>, pp. 19 - 40Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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