On the Nature of Things

Verse Translation of Lucretius

May 4, 2022

Read my translation of the great ancient epic by the Epicurean philosopher and poet, Lucretius, on a world made up of nothing but atoms and empty space, in lively English verse with helpful notes for students and for the curious!

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