Lucretius : Selections from De Rerum Natura
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (597 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0865163995 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Y. Zemmel said Endeavors into Latin. If you want a book which will give you a decent introduction into the work of Lucretius (in the original Latin, of course), as well as plenty of help with deciphering the lines, this is the perfect book. Check the dimensions on this book, it was quite a bit larger than what I expected when it came in the mail: it is th. Alexandra L. Daly said a crime. Only purchase this text if you are at the beginning to low intermediate level in Latin, as otherwise you may feel your intelligence insulted. Even at the lower level, be warned-- this is not DRN as Lucretius wrote it. Catto omits many key passages (including one of the most beautiful, i."a crime" according to Alexandra L. Daly. Only purchase this text if you are at the beginning to low intermediate level in Latin, as otherwise you may feel your intelligence insulted. Even at the lower level, be warned-- this is not DRN as Lucretius wrote it. Catto omits many key passages (including one of the most beautiful, i.2a crime Only purchase this text if you are at the beginning to low intermediate level in Latin, as otherwise you may feel your intelligence insulted. Even at the lower level, be warned-- this is not DRN as Lucretius wrote it. Catto omits many key passages (including one of the most beautiful, i.230-1), glosses nearly every wor. 0-1), glosses nearly every wor. a crime Only purchase this text if you are at the beginning to low intermediate level in Latin, as otherwise you may feel your intelligence insulted. Even at the lower level, be warned-- this is not DRN as Lucretius wrote it. Catto omits many key passages (including one of the most beautiful, i.230-1), glosses nearly every wor. 0-1), glosses nearly every wor
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Following in the tradition of other learning texts offered by Bolchazy-Carducci, Catto's book offers the student not only a full sampling of the poem, but also an abundance of notes, vocabulary, and, perhaps most noteworthy of all, a florilegium of relevant passages selected from classical and non-classical authors that bear upon the particular Luretian passages to which they are attached. Hoffman, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewThose who teach Lucretius to undergraduates as I have may find themselves wishing as I did for a volume of excerpts that provides the student with linguistic and intellectual aids for translating and comprehending this difficult but magnificent Roman poet without the spoon feeding that vitiates so many heavily annotated school texts. --C. Bonnie Catto's Lucretius: Selections from De Rerum Natura is a welcome achievement for those of u