De rerum natura

didactic poem by Lucretius
VisualArtwork literary_work Q861986
De rerum natura
In Latin, Copied by Girolamo di Matteo de Tauris for Sixtus IV, Italy, 1483 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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De rerum natura

Summary

De rerum natura is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (414 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • De rerum natura authored Lucretius[3].
  • De rerum natura's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • De rerum natura is associated with the Epicureanism movement[5].
  • De rerum natura's genre is didactic poetry[6].
  • De rerum natura's Commons category is recorded as De rerum natura[7].
  • De rerum natura's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Latin[8].
  • De rerum natura's country of origin is recorded as Roman Republic[9].
  • -0100-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of De rerum natura[10].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as La Natura - Libri VI[11].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Da Lucrezio (libro secondo). Traduzione dal verso 352 al 367[12].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Q24577171[13].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Q15640251[14].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Q110518252[15].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Q110518258[16].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Q96243515[17].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Of the Nature of Things[18].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137969009[19].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Q124770733[20].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137986505[21].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Von der Natur der Dinge[22].
  • De rerum natura's has edition or translation is recorded as Titus Lucretius Carus von der Natur. Ein Lehrgedicht in sechs Büchern[23].
  • De rerum natura's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'De rerum natura'}[24].
  • De rerum natura's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Aeneadum genetrīx, hominum dīvomque voluptās'}[25].
  • De rerum natura's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'nec mors nec luctus temptaret tempore tali.'}[26].
  • De rerum natura's entry in abbreviations table is recorded as Lucr.[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

De rerum natura authored Lucretius[3].

Publication

De rerum natura's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Latin[8]. Its genre is didactic poetry[6].

Subject and Themes

De rerum natura is associated with the Epicureanism movement[5].

Why It Matters

De rerum natura ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (414 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Musisque Deoque. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Musisque Deoque. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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