By Monica R. Gale
This ebook gathers jointly the most vital and influential scholarly articles of the final sixty to seventy years (three of that are translated into English right here for the 1st time) at the Roman poet Lucretius. Lucretius' philosophical epic, the De Rerum Natura or On the character of the Universe (c.55 BC), seeks to persuade its reader of the validity of the rationalist theories of the Hellenistic philosopher Epicurus. The articles amassed during this quantity discover Lucretius' poetic and argumentative method from various views, and in addition contemplate the poem when it comes to its philosophical and literary milieux, and to the values and beliefs of latest Roman society. All quotations in Latin or Greek are translated.
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26 In the Wrst of these invocations, Empedocles does not name his muse. 4 DK) and this time he calls her by name, Calliope. What both passages have in common is the expression of the need for divine help in a poem that speaks of the gods and the theme of piety. This is the language with which Empedocles appeals to the gods and his muse for the Wrst time in his poem (b 3 DK ¼ 14 Bollack): Iººa Łåïd ôHí ìbí ìÆíßçí IðïôæÝłÆôå ªºþóóçò, KŒ ä ›óßøí óôïìÜôøí ŒÆŁÆæcí O÷åôåýóÆôå ðçªÞí. ŒÆd óÝ, ðïºıìíÞóôç ºåıŒþºåíå ðÆæŁÝíå MïFóÆ, ¼íôïìÆØ zí ŁÝìØò Kóôdí KöçìåæßïØóØí IŒïýåØí, ðÝìðå ðÆæ EPóåâßçò KºÜïıó åPÞíØïí –æìÆ· ìçäb óÝ ª åPäüîïØï âØÞóåôÆØ ¼íŁåÆ ôØìBò ðæeò ŁíçôHí IíåºÝóŁÆØ, Kö fiz Ł ˇóßçò ðºÝïí åNðåEí ŁÜæóåœ ŒÆd ôüôå äc óïößçò K𠼌æïØóØ ŁïÜæåØ.
What both passages have in common is the expression of the need for divine help in a poem that speaks of the gods and the theme of piety. This is the language with which Empedocles appeals to the gods and his muse for the Wrst time in his poem (b 3 DK ¼ 14 Bollack): Iººa Łåïd ôHí ìbí ìÆíßçí IðïôæÝłÆôå ªºþóóçò, KŒ ä ›óßøí óôïìÜôøí ŒÆŁÆæcí O÷åôåýóÆôå ðçªÞí. ŒÆd óÝ, ðïºıìíÞóôç ºåıŒþºåíå ðÆæŁÝíå MïFóÆ, ¼íôïìÆØ zí ŁÝìØò Kóôdí KöçìåæßïØóØí IŒïýåØí, ðÝìðå ðÆæ EPóåâßçò KºÜïıó åPÞíØïí –æìÆ· ìçäb óÝ ª åPäüîïØï âØÞóåôÆØ ¼íŁåÆ ôØìBò ðæeò ŁíçôHí IíåºÝóŁÆØ, Kö fiz Ł ˇóßçò ðºÝïí åNðåEí ŁÜæóåœ ŒÆd ôüôå äc óïößçò K𠼌æïØóØ ŁïÜæåØ.
The human soul must Wrst be disturbed to Wnd its peace: placata mente. Requies (‘repose’) is a word which takes on a clear and distinctive range of associations in Lucretius. As it is associated with Calliope in the proem to Book 6, it brings Hesiod to mind for a moment and the gift of his Muses: ºçóìïóýíçí ôå ŒÆŒHí ¼ìðÆıæÜ ôå ìåæìçæÜøí (‘forgetfulness of troubles and a respite from cares’, Theogony 55). 32 At the end of the poem, Calliope, Lucretius’ clever Muse and the goddess who gives men rest (hominum requies), brings Lucretius’ reader to a scene which oVers men no relief.