In the introductory lines of its fourth part, the author claims to "traverse the distant haunts of t
In the introductory lines of its fourth part, the author claims to "traverse the distant haunts of the Pierides, never trodden before by the foot of man." In its first section, the author denies gravity, by offering the example of a thrown dart that will not fall down. The final section, after continuing the explanation of thunder, lightning, and earthquakes, gives a vivid description of the plague of Athens. Books three and five are preceded by eulogies to Epicurus, while the first two books outline the laws of Democritus' atomic theory. FTP, name this first century BC didactic poem by Lucretius.
In the introductory lines of its fourth part, the author claims to "traverse the distant haunts of the Pierides, never trodden before by the foot of man."