On the Nature of the Universe
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. Les mer
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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Clarendon Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198150978
- Utgivelsesår
- 1997
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm