SCRIPTURA

Classical Latin

On the Nature of Things · De Rerum Natura

Lucretius

Translated by William Ellery Leonard

Epicurus’ universe of atoms and void, set out in verse to free us from the fear of the gods and of death.

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  • Latin: from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-latinLit, phi0550.phi001, CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • English: William Ellery Leonard, from the Perseus Digital Library (phi0550.phi001.perseus-eng1). Notes are not included.
  • Rows follow the references the two texts share (line numbers), cut where both reach the end of a sentence.

Contents · 18

  1. 1Book I · lines 1–417
  2. 2Book I · lines 418–762
  3. 3Book I · lines 763–1117
  4. 4Book II · lines 1–397
  5. 5Book II · lines 398–794
  6. 6Book II · lines 795–1174
  7. 7Book III · lines 1–380
  8. 8Book III · lines 381–740
  9. 9Book III · lines 741–1094
  10. 10Book IV · lines 1–468
  11. 11Book IV · lines 469–876
  12. 12Book IV · lines 877–1287
  13. 13Book V · lines 1–494
  14. 14Book V · lines 495–987
  15. 15Book V · lines 988–1457
  16. 16Book VI · lines 1–442
  17. 17Book VI · lines 443–878
  18. 18Book VI · lines 879–1286