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Lucretius Carus, On The Nature Of Things, 6.150-6.155
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1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 203-212, 202 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

202. Might will be right and shame shall cease to be
2. Homer, Iliad, 4.275-4.279, 6.146-6.149 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

4.275. /these were arming them for battle, and a cloud of footmen followed with them. Even as when from some place of outlook a goatherd seeth a cloud coming over the face of the deep before the blast of the West Wind, and to him being afar off it seemeth blacker than pitch as it passeth over the face of the deep, and it bringeth a mighty whirlwind; and he shuddereth at sight of it, and driveth his flock beneath a cave; 4.276. /these were arming them for battle, and a cloud of footmen followed with them. Even as when from some place of outlook a goatherd seeth a cloud coming over the face of the deep before the blast of the West Wind, and to him being afar off it seemeth blacker than pitch as it passeth over the face of the deep, and it bringeth a mighty whirlwind; and he shuddereth at sight of it, and driveth his flock beneath a cave; 4.277. /these were arming them for battle, and a cloud of footmen followed with them. Even as when from some place of outlook a goatherd seeth a cloud coming over the face of the deep before the blast of the West Wind, and to him being afar off it seemeth blacker than pitch as it passeth over the face of the deep, and it bringeth a mighty whirlwind; and he shuddereth at sight of it, and driveth his flock beneath a cave; 4.278. /these were arming them for battle, and a cloud of footmen followed with them. Even as when from some place of outlook a goatherd seeth a cloud coming over the face of the deep before the blast of the West Wind, and to him being afar off it seemeth blacker than pitch as it passeth over the face of the deep, and it bringeth a mighty whirlwind; and he shuddereth at sight of it, and driveth his flock beneath a cave; 4.279. /these were arming them for battle, and a cloud of footmen followed with them. Even as when from some place of outlook a goatherd seeth a cloud coming over the face of the deep before the blast of the West Wind, and to him being afar off it seemeth blacker than pitch as it passeth over the face of the deep, and it bringeth a mighty whirlwind; and he shuddereth at sight of it, and driveth his flock beneath a cave; 6.146. / Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. 6.147. / Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. 6.148. / Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. 6.149. / Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away.
3. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 1.1-1.49, 1.62-1.79, 1.117-1.118, 1.250-1.261, 2.80-2.82, 2.92-2.99, 2.123-2.124, 5.1392-5.1396, 6.96-6.149, 6.151-6.422, 6.535-6.607, 6.639-6.711, 6.786-6.787, 6.1090-6.1097, 6.1117-6.1124, 6.1132, 6.1142-6.1143 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4. Epicurus, Letters, 99-100

5. Epicurus, Letters, 99-100

6. Vergil, Georgics, 1.60-1.61, 1.316-1.334, 1.466, 1.468, 1.470-1.471, 1.475, 1.487, 1.489-1.497, 2.303-2.314, 2.458-2.474, 3.117, 3.219-3.241, 4.67-4.87, 4.488, 4.538-4.553

1.60. And teach the furrow-burnished share to shine. 1.61. That land the craving farmer's prayer fulfils 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. 1.466. Or light chaff flit in air with fallen leaves 1.468. But when from regions of the furious North 1.470. of Eurus and of Zephyr, all the field 1.471. With brimming dikes are flooded, and at sea 1.475. Flee to the vales before it, with face 1.487. Cayster, as in eager rivalry 1.489. Now duck their head beneath the wave, now run 1.490. Into the billows, for sheer idle joy 1.491. of their mad bathing-revel. Then the crow 1.492. With full voice, good-for-naught, inviting rain 1.493. Stalks on the dry sand mateless and alone. 1.494. Nor e'en the maids, that card their nightly task 1.495. Know not the storm-sign, when in blazing crock 1.496. They see the lamp-oil sputtering with a growth 1.497. of mouldy snuff-clots. 2.303. Barren for fruits, by tilth untamable 2.304. Nor grape her kind, nor apples their good name 2.305. Maintaining—will in this wise yield thee proof: 2.306. Stout osier-baskets from the rafter-smoke 2.307. And strainers of the winepress pluck thee down; 2.308. Hereinto let that evil land, with fresh 2.309. Spring-water mixed, be trampled to the full; 2.310. The moisture, mark you, will ooze all away 2.311. In big drops issuing through the osier-withes 2.312. But plainly will its taste the secret tell 2.313. And with a harsh twang ruefully distort 2.314. The mouths of them that try it. Rich soil again 2.458. Forbear their frailty, and while yet the bough 2.459. Shoots joyfully toward heaven, with loosened rein 2.460. Launched on the void, assail it not as yet 2.461. With keen-edged sickle, but let the leaves alone 2.462. Be culled with clip of fingers here and there. 2.463. But when they clasp the elms with sturdy trunk 2.464. Erect, then strip the leaves off, prune the boughs; 2.465. Sooner they shrink from steel, but then put forth 2.466. The arm of power, and stem the branchy tide. 2.467. Hedges too must be woven and all beast 2.468. Barred entrance, chiefly while the leaf is young 2.469. And witless of disaster; for therewith 2.470. Beside harsh winters and o'erpowering sun 2.471. Wild buffaloes and pestering goats for ay 2.472. Besport them, sheep and heifers glut their greed. 2.473. Nor cold by hoar-frost curdled, nor the prone 2.474. Dead weight of summer upon the parched crags 3.117. Now saps his strength, pen fast at home, and spare 3.219. But if fierce squadrons and the ranks of war 3.220. Delight thee rather, or on wheels to glide 3.221. At placeName key= 3.222. And in the grove of Jupiter urge on 3.223. The flying chariot, be your steed's first task 3.224. To face the warrior's armed rage, and brook 3.225. The trumpet, and long roar of rumbling wheels 3.226. And clink of chiming bridles in the stall; 3.227. Then more and more to love his master's voice 3.228. Caressing, or loud hand that claps his neck. 3.229. Ay, thus far let him learn to dare, when first 3.230. Weaned from his mother, and his mouth at time 3.231. Yield to the supple halter, even while yet 3.232. Weak, tottering-limbed, and ignorant of life. 3.233. But, three years ended, when the fourth arrives 3.234. Now let him tarry not to run the ring 3.235. With rhythmic hoof-beat echoing, and now learn 3.236. Alternately to curve each bending leg 3.237. And be like one that struggleth; then at last 3.238. Challenge the winds to race him, and at speed 3.239. Launched through the open, like a reinless thing 3.240. Scarce print his footsteps on the surface-sand. 3.241. As when with power from Hyperborean clime 4.67. Forthwith they roam the glades and forests o'er 4.68. Rifle the painted flowers, or sip the streams 4.69. Light-hovering on the surface. Hence it i 4.70. With some sweet rapture, that we know not of 4.71. Their little ones they foster, hence with skill 4.72. Work out new wax or clinging honey mould. 4.73. So when the cage-escaped hosts you see 4.74. Float heavenward through the hot clear air, until 4.75. You marvel at yon dusky cloud that spread 4.76. And lengthens on the wind, then mark them well; 4.77. For then 'tis ever the fresh springs they seek 4.78. And bowery shelter: hither must you bring 4.79. The savoury sweets I bid, and sprinkle them 4.80. Bruised balsam and the wax-flower's lowly weed 4.81. And wake and shake the tinkling cymbals heard 4.82. By the great Mother: on the anointed spot 4.83. Themselves will settle, and in wonted wise 4.84. Seek of themselves the cradle's inmost depth. 4.85. But if to battle they have hied them forth— 4.86. For oft 'twixt king and king with uproar dire 4.87. Fierce feud arises, and at once from far 4.488. “Take beakers of Maconian wine,” she said 4.538. Behind a rock's huge barrier, Proteus hides. 4.539. Here in close covert out of the sun's eye 4.540. The youth she places, and herself the while 4.541. Swathed in a shadowy mist stands far aloof. 4.542. And now the ravening dog-star that burns up 4.543. The thirsty Indians blazed in heaven; his course 4.544. The fiery sun had half devoured: the blade 4.545. Were parched, and the void streams with droughty jaw 4.546. Baked to their mud-beds by the scorching ray 4.547. When Proteus seeking his accustomed cave 4.548. Strode from the billows: round him frolicking 4.549. The watery folk that people the waste sea 4.550. Sprinkled the bitter brine-dew far and wide. 4.551. Along the shore in scattered groups to feed 4.552. The sea-calves stretch them: while the seer himself 4.553. Like herdsman on the hills when evening bid


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aetna,mt. Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 160
aristaeus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
beehive,as paradigm for human society Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 267
bees Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 267
callimachus Kazantzidis (2021), Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in "De rerum natura", 137
cattle Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
cyrene Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
filth,and the plague Kazantzidis (2021), Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in "De rerum natura", 137
finales,book 1 Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 267
finales,book 2 Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 232
georgics ,language of science in Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 160
helicon Kazantzidis (2021), Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in "De rerum natura", 137
homeric similes Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260, 267
imagery,fire Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 267
imagery,military Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 232, 260, 267
imagery,storms Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 267
lamenting,as a distortive evocation of bucolic song Kazantzidis (2021), Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in "De rerum natura", 137
lucretius,on irregular occurrences Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 160
lucretius,war in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 232, 267
mountains Kazantzidis (2021), Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in "De rerum natura", 137
olives Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
orpheus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
personification Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
pessimism Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
plague Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
portents,as divine signs Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 160
portents at death of Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 160
science,language of,for sign theory Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 160
signs,as portents Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 160
similes Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260, 267
sphragis Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
storms Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260, 267
thucydides Kazantzidis (2021), Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in "De rerum natura", 137
venus,the opening hymn to Kazantzidis (2021), Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in "De rerum natura", 137
virgil,reception of lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 232
war,civil war Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260, 267
war,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 232, 267
war,in the georgics' Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 260
war,in the georgics Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 232, 267