These pages, though they will not be updated, will remain on the web in tribute to Alison Barker (who died in December 2004), a gifted classicist, extraordinary teacher, and highly valued colleague.

LUCRETIUS LINKS

 

TEXTS OF DE RERUM NATURA

LATIN TEXT of De Rerum Natura

ENGLISH TRANSLATION by  William Ellery Leonard 

OUTLINE of DRN
 
 

LUCRETIUS, EPICURUS AND EPICUREANISM

BIOGRAPHY of Lucretius and basic information about his work

BIOGRAPHY of Epicurus

EPICURUS and Epicurean Philosophy

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND and study questions for DRN

The ATOMIC THEORY of Lucretius as it relates to modern scientific theory 

STUDY GUIDE to  De Rerum Natura   from Brooklyn College

ESSAY by Pat Duffy Hutcheon

 

EPICUREANISM AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Information about and excellent images of the papyrus scrolls of the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus which were found at Herculaneum.

Information about and excellent images of the inscription on Epicurus in Oenoanda (Turkey).

 

LUCRETIAN AND EPICUREAN GEMS

Thomas Jefferson on Epicureanism

Tennyson's Lucretius

A Sixteenth Century edition of DRN

An INTERPRETATION of DRN by Gary Sloan

Browse the Philosophy Garden for more information and images.

 

 


 
  Last updated 11/26/01
Alison W. Barker