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03142aam a2200361 i 4500 001 3B0ADC56FCE711E799AF106097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180119010249 008 150226s2015 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015008167 020 $a 9781498511551 020 $a 1498511554 020 $a 1498511546 020 $a 9781498511544 035 $a (OCoLC)904801213 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d CDX $d OCLCF $d YUS $d NLGGC $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PA6484 $b .F74 2015 082 00 $a 187 $2 23 084 $a 18.46 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Fratantuono, Lee, $d 1973- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007015826 245 12 $a A reading of Lucretius' De rerum natura / $c Lee Fratantuono. 264 1 $a Lanham ; $b Lexington Books, $c [2015] 300 $a xii, 505 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 2 $a Lucretius' philosophical epic De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) is a lengthy didactic and narrative celebration of the universe and, in particular, the world of nature and creation in which humanity finds its abode. This earliest surviving full scale epic poem from ancient Rome was of immense influence and significance to the development of the Latin epic tradition, and continues to challenge and haunt its readers to the present day. A Reading of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura offers a comprehensive commentary on this great work of Roman poetry and philosophy. Lee Fratantuono reveals Lucretius to be a poet with deep and abiding interest in the nature of the Roman identity as the children of both Venus (through Aeneas) and Mars (through Romulus); the consequences (both positive and negative) of descent from the immortal powers of love and war are explored in vivid epic narrative, as the poet progresses from his invocation to the mother of the children of Aeneas through to the burning funeral pyres of the plague at Athens. Lucretius' epic offers the possibility of serenity and peaceful reflection on the mysteries of the nature of the world, even as it shatters any hope of immortality through its bleak vision of post mortem oblivion. And in the process of defining what it means both to be human and Roman, Lucretius offers a horrifying vision of the perils of excessive devotion both to the gods and our fellow men, a commentary on the nature of pietas that would serve as a warning for Virgil in his later depiction of the Trojan Aeneas. -- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mother of the children of Aeneas -- Sweet, on the great sea -- O, from so great a darkness -- The trackless ways of the muses -- Who is able to compose an epic -- First Athens. 600 10 $a Lucretius Carus, Titus. $t De rerum natura. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81120503 600 14 $a Lucretius Carus, T., $d c.97-55 v. Chr. 630 07 $a De rerum natura (Lucretius Carus, Titus) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356043 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180119032058.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B0ADC56FCE711E799AF106097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search