The Lyre of Science: Form and Meaning in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura |
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abodes Acherusia argument atoms Bailey becomes beginning birth Book book's close constare coorta course creantur creari creata creation and destruction creation motif creation theme crescere crescunt cycle cycle of creation cycle's cyclical movement daedala death destruction motif didactic dissolution divine earlier effect Empedocles Epicurean Epicurus exordia fieri final fiunt force formal fulgura genitalis genus Georgics gigni gignier gignitur gignuntur hints ignis III's imagery images imagistic implied leitmotif leti lines literal theme luce Lucretian Lucretius lumen lumine matter Meanwhile Menzione morbo mors mortalibus mortalis mortality morte mortem mortis mutare nata nativo naturae species nature's origo oriri paragraph passage pereunt perire perit philosophy plague poem poem's poet poet's poetic poetry primis primordia primum principiis principiorum proem ratio reader Rerum Natura rhythm ruinas saecla semina seminibus sequence solis species ratioque suggestion symbolism tenebris thematic movement thematic words things tion universe Venus Venus genetrix verses whole work's