Lactantius' Adaptation and Rejection of Lucretius De rerum natura 1.936–50.

A growing number of scholars in recent decades have begun to appreciate Lactantius' interaction with Lucretius on the level not only of language and poetics, but one which also reveals a careful and profound study of the Roman poet's epic. The present discussion addresses the hitherto unnoticed poin...

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Published in:	Classical Philology Vol. 116; no. 4; pp. 623 - 635
Main Author:	Keil, Matthew A.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press Oct2021
Subjects:	Lactantius, ca. 240-ca. 320 Lucretius Carus, Titus, ca. 99 B.C.-55 B.C. Ancient philosophy Apologetics Religious thought
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