Of Gods, Men and Stout Fellows

Cicero on Sallustius' Empedoclea ( Q. Fr. 2.10[9].3)

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ID9664314
AuthorsRobert Cowan (0000-0002-5089-5231, The University of Sydney, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume63
Issue2
Pages764-771
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0009838813000232
OpenAlexW2331805288
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Cicero's letter to his brother Quintus from February 54 is best known for containing the sole explicit contemporary reference to Lucretius’ De rerum natura , but it is also notable as the source of the only extant reference of any kind to another (presumably) philosophical didactic poem, Sallustius’ Empedoclea ( Q. fr. 2.10(9).3= SB 14): Lucretii poemata, ut scribis, ita sunt: multis luminibus ingenii, multae tamen artis. sed, cum ueneris. uirum te putabo, si Sallusti Empedoclea legeris; hominem non putabo. Lucretius’ poems are just as you write: they show many flashes of inspiration, but many of skill too. But more of that when you come. I shall think you a man, if you read Sallustius’ Empedoclea ; I shan't think you a human being

Art · Brother · Cicero · Epicureanism · Extant taxon · Literature · Poetry · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy

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