Lucretius
Subtitle: De Rerum Natura Book 3 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
Contributors: E. J. Kenney (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 27, 1977
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521291774
Subjects: Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Latin; Ancient and Classical; General; Language Arts & Disciplines-General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical
First sentence: O TENEBRIS tantis tam clarum extollere lumen qui primus potuisti inlustrans commoda uitae, to sequor, o Graiae gentis decus, inque tuis nunc ficta pedum pono pressis uestigia signis, non ita certandi cupidus quam propter amorem quod te imitari aueo: quid enim contendat hirundo cycnis, aut quidnam tremulis facere artubus haedi consimile in cursu possint et fortis equi uis?