User:Dr Ostorius/sandbox

'''Okay folks, I've created some spaces here for you to compose some Latin. Look below for your topic heading and then, below those, a section for you to add your book summary.'''

Nota Bene:
 * Don't feel like you have to write a book. One or two simple sentences are fine.
 * Use any source you would like: the English Wiki, our textbook, The Swerve, etc.
 * Don't be too self-conscious. This is a sandbox. None of this is permanent.
 * I think I linked to this before but it's still worth a look.

His relationship to Memmius
Memmius erat amicus Lucretio. Carmen Lucretii, De Rerum Natura, dedicavit Memmio.

His Epicureanism
Propositum rationis Epicureae est voluptatem conficere et dolorem evitare. Epicurus doceat bonum est moderate vivere.

His influence on Latin writers
Postquam mortem Lucretii, poetas multos Romanos adfecit, hoc est Vergilium, Horatium, Ovidiumque.

His influence on later, non-Roman writers
Multos annos postquam vitam Lucretii, Stephen Greenblatt, scriptor, adficitur a Lucretio in suo libro. Potes legere in The Swerve.

His rediscovery
Liberi anno 1417 Poggio Bracciolino reperiebant. Anno 1473 primum imprimebant.

Summaries of the Books of the De Rerum Natura
1 (I will write)

2 Liber duo res primordiorum describit et fides Omnia esse fortuita. Quae etiam "the swerve" appellavit.

3 Lucretius Epicurum laudat. Animum mortalem esse et quomodo animum situm sit exponet. Genum humanum mortem non metuere hortatur.

4 Lucreius pericula amoris describet. Amor voluptatem promittit sed dolorem dat.

5 Liber quintus est laudationem of Epicurii. Lucretius scribet de initiium of mundi, humanitatis, and religionis.

6 Liber sex describit naturam deosque. Lucretius incipit explicare causas tonitrus, fulminis, concussionum.

Biography
the little we know of him and his life, even if most of it is pure speculation. The love potion/suicide story, the Gaius Memmius connection, any and all facts we can draw up etc.

We could possibly discuss what schooling and early life events affected his writings. (if we can find any)

Summary of Works
De Rerum Natura, etc.   Mention of Epicurus and general themes related to Epicureanism A brief summary of each book in De Rerum Natura

Style
A section on the style of the poem; mention dactylic hexameter, how he translated Greek philosophical concepts into Latin, language, etc. We can discuss how his time of Latin writing varies from those before/ after him.

Influence
Including mention of him by any other ancient authors, influence on broader cultural movements like the Renaissance etc.

Modern Works on Lucretius
The Swerve, other modern Lucretius experts...