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On the Nature of the Universe
By
Titus Lucretius Carus and
Ronald Melville (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
June 10, 1999
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780192817617
ISBN-10
0192817612
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$13.95
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university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This is a new verse translation of Lucretius's only known work, a didactic poem written in six books of hexameters. Melville's particularly literal translation of the use of metaphor is especially helpful to those looking at the text from a scientific or philosophical point of view.
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Hardcover
9780198150978 | details & prices | 275 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $245.00
Paperback
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With Ronald Melville (other contributor) |
from Oxford Univ Pr (June 10, 1999)
9780192817617 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $13.95
About: This is a new verse translation of Lucretius's only known work, a didactic poem written in six books of hexameters.
About: This is a new verse translation of Lucretius's only known work, a didactic poem written in six books of hexameters.
With R. E. Latham (other contributor) |
Rev sub edition from Penguin Classics (December 1, 1994)
9780140446104 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
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