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Lucretius Carus, On The Nature Of Things, 4.43
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1. Cicero, On Divination, 1.101 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.101. Saepe etiam et in proeliis Fauni auditi et in rebus turbidis veridicae voces ex occulto missae esse dicuntur; cuius generis duo sint ex multis exempla, sed maxuma: Nam non multo ante urbem captam exaudita vox est a luco Vestae, qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est, ut muri et portae reficerentur; futurum esse, nisi provisum esset, ut Roma caperetur. Quod neglectum tum, cum caveri poterat, post acceptam illam maximam cladem expiatum est; ara enim Aio Loquenti, quam saeptam videmus, exadversus eum locum consecrata est. Atque etiam scriptum a multis est, cum terrae motus factus esset, ut sue plena procuratio fieret, vocem ab aede Iunonis ex arce extitisse; quocirca Iunonem illam appellatam Monetam. Haec igitur et a dis significata et a nostris maioribus iudicata contemnimus? 1.101. Again, we are told that fauns have often been heard in battle and that during turbulent times truly prophetic messages have been sent from mysterious places. Out of many instances of this class I shall give only two, but they are very striking. Not long before the capture of the city by the Gauls, a voice, issuing from Vestas sacred grove, which slopes from the foot of the Palatine Hill to New Road, was heard to say, the walls and gates must be repaired; unless this is done the city will be taken. Neglect of this warning, while it was possible to heed it, was atoned for after the supreme disaster had occurred; for, adjoining the grove, an altar, which is now to be seen enclosed with a hedge, was dedicated to Aius the Speaker. The other illustration has been reported by many writers. At the time of the earthquake a voice came from Junos temple on the citadel commanding that an expiatory sacrifice be made of a pregt sow. From this fact the goddess was called Juno the Adviser. Are we, then, lightly to regard these warnings which the gods have sent and our forefathers adjudged to be trustworthy?
2. Cicero, On The Nature of The Gods, 2.6 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2.6. Nor is this unaccountable or accidental; it is the result, firstly, of the fact that the gods often manifest their power in bodily presence. For instance in the Latin War, at the critical battle of Lake Regillus between the dictator Aulus Postumius and Octavius Mamilius of Tusculum, Castor and Pollux were seen fighting on horseback in our ranks. And in more modern history likewise these sons of Tyndareus brought the news of the defeat of Perses. What happened was that Publius Vatinius, the grandfather of our young contemporary, was returning to Rome by night from Reate, of which he was governor, when he was informed by two young warriors on white horses that King Perses had that very day been taken prisoner. When Vatinius carried the news to the Senate, at first he was flung into gaol on the charge of spreading an unfounded report on a matter of national concern; but afterwards a dispatch arrived from Paulus, and the date was found to tally, so the Senate bestowed upon Vatinius both a grant of land and exemption from military service. It is also recorded in history that when the Locrians won their great victory over the people of Crotona at the important battle of the River Sagra, news of the engagement was reported at the Olympic Games on the very same day. often has the sound of the voices of the Fauns, often has the apparition of a divine form compelled anyone that is not either feeble-minded or impious to admit the real presence of the gods.
3. Varro, On The Latin Language, 7.36 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 1.6-1.9, 1.39, 1.54-1.61, 1.75-1.79, 1.102-1.145, 1.155, 1.161-1.179, 1.192-1.195, 1.208-1.214, 1.227-1.231, 1.250-1.264, 1.304, 1.1015, 1.1106-1.1108, 2.1-2.79, 2.81, 2.168, 2.172, 2.569-2.580, 2.651, 2.1030-2.1039, 2.1041-2.1057, 2.1059-2.1062, 2.1090-2.1117, 2.1122-2.1145, 2.1150-2.1174, 3.1-3.2, 3.12-3.13, 3.18, 3.22, 3.31-3.93, 3.417, 3.445-3.458, 3.670-3.678, 3.687, 3.719-3.721, 3.746-3.747, 3.781, 3.970-3.971, 4.1-4.41, 4.52-4.53, 4.59, 4.64, 4.84, 4.123, 4.130, 4.333, 4.580-4.594, 4.731, 4.733-4.734, 4.737-4.739, 4.759-4.767, 4.1032, 4.1233, 4.1239, 5.10-5.12, 5.54-5.58, 5.64-5.66, 5.68-5.69, 5.73-5.90, 5.122, 5.147-5.148, 5.150-5.152, 5.249-5.254, 5.261-5.283, 5.309-5.310, 5.345-5.347, 5.351-5.369, 5.373-5.406, 5.416-5.508, 5.557, 5.561, 5.737-5.740, 5.783-5.1457, 6.1-6.80, 6.86, 6.90-6.95, 6.129, 6.155, 6.218, 6.247-6.248, 6.288, 6.379-6.386, 6.522, 6.535-6.607, 6.639-6.702, 6.1138-6.1286 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

5. Epicurus, Kuriai Doxai, 11

6. Vergil, Georgics, 1.233-1.249, 1.257, 1.471-1.473, 1.477-1.483

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 1.471. With brimming dikes are flooded, and at sea 1.472. No mariner but furls his dripping sails. 1.473. Never at unawares did shower annoy: 1.477. Through gaping nostrils, or about the mere 1.478. Shrill-twittering flits the swallow, and the frog 1.479. Crouch in the mud and chant their dirge of old. 1.480. oft, too, the ant from out her inmost cells 1.481. Fretting the narrow path, her eggs conveys; 1.482. Or the huge bow sucks moisture; or a host 1.483. of rooks from food returning in long line


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aetna Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
apollonius rhodius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
athens Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 22
cycle of growth and decay,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 22
death,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 22
dreams Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 22
ennius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
epicurus,authority in the de rerum natura Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 227; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 227
epicurus,theology Bryan (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 227; Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 227
epicurus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 20
finales,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 20, 22
gods,in the georgics Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
gods,location in epicureanism Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 227
imagery,light and darkness Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 20
imagery,storms Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 20
julius caesar Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
lucretius,cycle of growth and decay in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 22
lucretius,death in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 22
lucretius,devotion to epicurus Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 227
lucretius,theology Wardy and Warren (2018), Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy, 227
muses Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 20
myth,in the georgics Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
philippi Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
plague Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 22
portents Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
proems,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 20, 22
proems in the middle Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 20
remythologization' Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 120
venus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 20, 22