| | Lucretius [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) was a Roman poet and the author of the philosophical epic De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of the Universe), a comprehensive exposition of the Epicurean world-view. |
 | | Gaius Memmius was a Roman patrician who was at one time married to Sulla's daughter, Fausta. |
 | | Lucretius dedicated his poem to him, and throughout the epic the poet is at pains to remind Memmius of the sweet rewards of the Epicurean lifestyle and the bitter tribulations of public life. |
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