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Lucretius Carus, On The Nature Of Things, 3.27
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1. Homer, Odyssey, 11.19 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2. Cicero, On The Nature of The Gods, 1.43 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.43. With the errors of the poets may be classed the monstrous doctrines of the magi and the insane mythology of Egypt, and also the popular beliefs, which are a mere mass of inconsistencies sprung from ignorance. "Anyone pondering on the baseless and irrational character of these doctrines ought to regard Epicurus with reverence, and to rank him as one of the very gods about whom we are inquiring. For he alone perceived, first, that the gods exist, because nature herself has imprinted a conception of them on the minds of all mankind. For what nation or what tribe is there but possesses untaught some 'preconception' of the gods? Such notions Epicurus designates by the word prolepsis, that is, a sort of preconceived mental picture of a thing, without which nothing can be understood or investigated or discussed. The force and value of this argument we learn in that work of genius, Epicurus's Rule or Standard of Judgement.
3. Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, 1.48 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.48. quae quidem quidem culidem R 1 cogitans soleo solo R 1 saepe mirari non nullorum insolentiam philosophorum, qui naturae cognitionem admirantur eiusque inventori et principi gratias exultantes insultantes K 1 agunt eumque venerantur ut deum; liberatos enim se per eum dicunt gravissimis dominis, terrore sempiterno et diurno ac nocturno anoct. ( pro ac noct.)R metu. quo terrore? quo metu? quae est anus tam delira quae timeat ista, quae vos videlicet, si physica phisica KR Enn. Andr. aechm. 107 non didicissetis, timeretis, Acherunsia acheru sia V templa alta Orci, pallida leti, nubila letio nubila GK 1 (b post o add. K c )R let o nubila V (leto n. B) tenebris loca ? non pudet philosophum in eo gloriari, quod haec non timeat et quod falsa esse cognoverit? e quo intellegi potest, quam acuti natura sint, quoniam haec sine doctrina credituri fuerunt.
4. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 1.40, 1.62-1.79, 1.103, 1.117-1.119, 1.124, 1.129, 1.202, 1.328, 1.370-1.371, 1.442, 1.471-1.482, 1.486, 1.505, 1.586, 1.593, 1.624, 1.634, 1.638, 1.741, 1.856, 1.926-1.927, 1.955, 1.992, 1.999, 1.1052-1.1064, 1.1082, 2.242, 2.302, 2.573, 2.605, 2.1042-2.1043, 2.1129, 3.1-3.26, 3.28-3.30, 3.322, 3.416, 3.948, 3.997, 3.1042-3.1044, 4.481, 4.488, 4.1119, 4.1210, 4.1285, 5.1-5.54, 5.84, 5.194, 5.310, 5.343, 5.727-5.730, 5.735, 5.1104, 5.1271, 5.1321, 5.1439, 5.1444, 6.32, 6.60, 6.608-6.737, 6.906-6.907 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

5. Epicurus, Letter To Menoeceus, 135

6. Epicurus, Vatican Sayings, 78, 41

7. Vergil, Georgics, 1.23, 1.118-1.146, 1.233-1.249, 1.257, 1.316-1.334, 2.323-2.345, 2.475-2.494

1.23. And help, O lord of placeName key= 1.118. Hales o'er them; from the far Olympian height 1.119. Him golden Ceres not in vain regards; 1.120. And he, who having ploughed the fallow plain 1.121. And heaved its furrowy ridges, turns once more 1.122. Cross-wise his shattering share, with stroke on stroke 1.123. The earth assails, and makes the field his thrall. 1.124. Pray for wet summers and for winters fine 1.125. Ye husbandmen; in winter's dust the crop 1.126. Exceedingly rejoice, the field hath joy; 1.127. No tilth makes placeName key= 1.128. Nor Gargarus his own harvests so admire. 1.129. Why tell of him, who, having launched his seed 1.130. Sets on for close encounter, and rakes smooth 1.131. The dry dust hillocks, then on the tender corn 1.132. Lets in the flood, whose waters follow fain; 1.133. And when the parched field quivers, and all the blade 1.134. Are dying, from the brow of its hill-bed 1.135. See! see! he lures the runnel; down it falls 1.136. Waking hoarse murmurs o'er the polished stones 1.137. And with its bubblings slakes the thirsty fields? 1.138. Or why of him, who lest the heavy ear 1.139. O'erweigh the stalk, while yet in tender blade 1.140. Feeds down the crop's luxuriance, when its growth 1.141. First tops the furrows? Why of him who drain 1.142. The marsh-land's gathered ooze through soaking sand 1.143. Chiefly what time in treacherous moons a stream 1.144. Goes out in spate, and with its coat of slime 1.145. Holds all the country, whence the hollow dyke 1.146. Sweat steaming vapour? 1.233. Or burrow for their bed the purblind moles 1.234. Or toad is found in hollows, and all the swarm 1.235. of earth's unsightly creatures; or a huge 1.236. Corn-heap the weevil plunders, and the ant 1.237. Fearful of coming age and penury. 1.238. Mark too, what time the walnut in the wood 1.239. With ample bloom shall clothe her, and bow down 1.240. Her odorous branches, if the fruit prevail 1.241. Like store of grain will follow, and there shall come 1.242. A mighty winnowing-time with mighty heat; 1.243. But if the shade with wealth of leaves abound 1.244. Vainly your threshing-floor will bruise the stalk 1.245. Rich but in chaff. Many myself have seen 1.246. Steep, as they sow, their pulse-seeds, drenching them 1.247. With nitre and black oil-lees, that the fruit 1.248. Might swell within the treacherous pods, and they 1.249. Make speed to boil at howso small a fire. 1.257. His arms to slacken, lo! with headlong force 1.316. And when the first breath of his panting steed 1.317. On us the Orient flings, that hour with them 1.318. Red Vesper 'gins to trim his 'lated fires. 1.319. Hence under doubtful skies forebode we can 1.320. The coming tempests, hence both harvest-day 1.321. And seed-time, when to smite the treacherous main 1.322. With driving oars, when launch the fair-rigged fleet 1.323. Or in ripe hour to fell the forest-pine. 1.324. Hence, too, not idly do we watch the stars— 1.325. Their rising and their setting-and the year 1.326. Four varying seasons to one law conformed. 1.327. If chilly showers e'er shut the farmer's door 1.328. Much that had soon with sunshine cried for haste 1.329. He may forestall; the ploughman batters keen 1.330. His blunted share's hard tooth, scoops from a tree 1.331. His troughs, or on the cattle stamps a brand 1.332. Or numbers on the corn-heaps; some make sharp 1.333. The stakes and two-pronged forks, and willow-band 1.334. Amerian for the bending vine prepare. 2.323. A glance will serve to warn thee which is black 2.324. Or what the hue of any. But hard it i 2.325. To track the signs of that pernicious cold: 2.326. Pines only, noxious yews, and ivies dark 2.327. At times reveal its traces. 2.328. All these rule 2.329. Regarding, let your land, ay, long before 2.330. Scorch to the quick, and into trenches carve 2.331. The mighty mountains, and their upturned clod 2.332. Bare to the north wind, ere thou plant therein 2.333. The vine's prolific kindred. Fields whose soil 2.334. Is crumbling are the best: winds look to that 2.335. And bitter hoar-frosts, and the delver's toil 2.336. Untiring, as he stirs the loosened glebe. 2.337. But those, whose vigilance no care escapes 2.338. Search for a kindred site, where first to rear 2.339. A nursery for the trees, and eke whereto 2.340. Soon to translate them, lest the sudden shock 2.341. From their new mother the young plants estrange. 2.342. Nay, even the quarter of the sky they brand 2.343. Upon the bark, that each may be restored 2.344. As erst it stood, here bore the southern heats 2.345. Here turned its shoulder to the northern pole; 2.475. So scathe it, as the flocks with venom-bite 2.476. of their hard tooth, whose gnawing scars the stem. 2.477. For no offence but this to Bacchus bleed 2.478. The goat at every altar, and old play 2.479. Upon the stage find entrance; therefore too 2.480. The sons of Theseus through the country-side— 2.481. Hamlet and crossway—set the prize of wit 2.482. And on the smooth sward over oiled skin 2.483. Dance in their tipsy frolic. Furthermore 2.484. The Ausonian swains, a race from placeName key= 2.485. Make merry with rough rhymes and boisterous mirth 2.486. Grim masks of hollowed bark assume, invoke 2.487. Thee with glad hymns, O Bacchus, and to thee 2.488. Hang puppet-faces on tall pines to swing. 2.489. Hence every vineyard teems with mellowing fruit 2.490. Till hollow vale o'erflows, and gorge profound 2.491. Where'er the god hath turned his comely head. 2.492. Therefore to Bacchus duly will we sing 2.493. Meet honour with ancestral hymns, and cate 2.494. And dishes bear him; and the doomed goat


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aetiology of labor Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
allusion Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
conte,g. b. Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
ennius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236
epicureans,alleged atheism of Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 5
epicurus,authority in the de rerum natura Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 225; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 225
epicurus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 118, 236
finales,book 2 Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
finales Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
friendship,epicurean Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 5
gods,in the georgics Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 118
golden age Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
greek terms,ἡδονή Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 5
homer Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 118, 236
imagery,military Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236
intertextuality Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
jupiter Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
labor Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
lucretius,devotion to epicurus Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 225
lucretius,natura in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236
lucretius,religion in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236
lucretius,war in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236
lucretius Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 5
lucretius carus,t. Horkey (2019), Cosmos in the Ancient World, 255
metamorphosis Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
monsters Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8
myth,in the georgics Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8, 118
myth of er,theory of Horkey (2019), Cosmos in the Ancient World, 255
natura Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236
pleasure Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 5
poetry and poetics Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8, 236
proems,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 118
ps-longinus Horkey (2019), Cosmos in the Ancient World, 255
religion,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236
remythologization Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 118
schiller,friedrich Horkey (2019), Cosmos in the Ancient World, 255
seneca,l. annaeus Horkey (2019), Cosmos in the Ancient World, 255
sublime/sublimity Horkey (2019), Cosmos in the Ancient World, 255
telos Gordon (2012), The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus, 5
underworld Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 8, 118
virgil Horkey (2019), Cosmos in the Ancient World, 255
void' Horkey (2019), Cosmos in the Ancient World, 255
war,and poetry Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236
war,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 236