Lucretius om tingenes natur engelsk oversættelse?
List of English translations of De rerum natura
År
Oversætter
Udgivelse
Kilde
Noter


1600s*
Anonym
I mss: Bodl. MS. Rawl. D. 314.
Gifanius (1595)
Prosa.


1650s*
Hutchinson, Lucy
I mss indtil Lucy Hutchinson's oversættelse af Lucretius: De rerum natura. ed. Hugh de Quehen (1996) ISBN 0-472-10778-X
Pareus (1631)
Heroiske paroler.


1656
Evelyn, John
Kun bog 1: Et essay om den første bog af T. Lucretius Carus De rerum natura (1656). Evelyns fuldstændige eksisterende oversættelse (mangler bog 2) blev først udgivet i John Evelyn's Translation of Titus Lucretius Carus: 'De rerum natura': An Old-Spelling Critical Edition ed Repetzki, (Peter Lang (2000) ISBN 978-0820443881)
Lambinus (1570)
Heroiske paroler.


1682
Creech, Thomas
Første udgave udgivet pseudonymt som "Daphnis"; senere under Creechs eget navn. Anden udgave (1683) på Google Books, ofte genoptrykt.

Heroiske paroler. Den første komplette engelske oversættelse, der blev udgivet, og standardoversættelsen i det 18. århundrede.


1743
Anonym
Of the Nature of Things på Internet Archive "Plates by Guernier."

Prosa. Overfor latinsk tekst.


1805
God, John Mason
Tingenes natur: A Didactic Poem: Vol 1 on te Internet Archive, Vol 2 on te Internet Archive. Genoptrykt i John Selby Watsons oversættelse On the Nature of Things (1851)
Wakefield (1796-97)
Blank vers. Overfor latinsk tekst.


1813
Busby, Thomas
Tingenes natur: Et didaskalsk digt

Heroiske paroler.


1851
Watson, John Selby
On the Nature of Things på Google Books, ofte genoptrykt.
Forbiger (1828)
Prosa.


1864
Munro, H.A.J.
Tekst, kommentar og oversættelse i henholdsvis bind 1, 2 og 3. Ofte genoptrykt: Vol. 3 rpt. fra 1900 på Internet Archive.
Munro (1860)
Prosa.


1872
Johnson, Charles Frederick
Om tingenes natur på Internet Archive
Munro (1860)
Blank vers. Den første amerikanske oversættelse.


1884
Baring, Thomas Charles
The scheme of Epicurus; a rendering into English verse of the unfinished poem of Lucretius of Lucretius, entitled "De rerum natura", ("The Nature of things") på Google Books

Fourteener couplets.


1910
Bailey, Cyril
Lucretius Om tingenes natur på Internet Archive. Ofte genoptrykt.
Bailey (1898/1921)
Prosa.


1916
Leonard, William Ellery
Of the Nature of Things på Internet Archive. Genoptrykt i Everyman's Library.
Guissani (1896-98)
Blankvers. Overfor latinsk tekst.


1919
Allison, Sir Robert
Om tingenes natur på Internet Archive
Munro (1866)
Blank vers.


1924
Rouse, W. H. D.
Lucretius: Om tingenes natur (Loeb revised edn. ISBN 978-0674992009)
Rouse (Loeb 1924)
Prosa. Overfor latinsk tekst.


1925
De Ford, Miriam Allen
Lucretius om tingenes natur

Prosa.


1929
Jackson, Thomas
Titus Lucretius Carus om tingenes natur
Bailey (1921)
Rytmisk prosa.


1933
Way, Arthur S.
Lukretius om eksistensens problem

6-takters linjer.


1937
Trevelyan, R. C.
De Rerum Natura. Udvalg udgivet i 1920 som Translations From Lucretius på Internet Archive.
Bailey (1921)
Blank vers.


1946
Bennett, Charles Ernest
Om tingenes natur

Verse.


1950
Brown, W. Hannaford
Lucretius om tingenes natur

Imiterende daktyliske hexametre.


1951
Latham, Ronald E.
On the Nature of the Universe (Penguin Classics rev. af John Godwin (1994) ISBN 978-0140446104)

Prosa.


1956
Winspear, Alban Dewes
De rerum natura, af Lucretius, den romerske videnskabsdigter
Bailey (1921)
Uregelmæssige jambiske tekster.


1963
Johnson, L. L.
Om tingenes natur

Imitative daktyliske hexametre.


1965
Geer, Russel Mortimer
Om naturen

Prosa.


1965
Mantinband, James H.
Om universets natur (De rerum natura)

6-takters linjer.


1969
Humphries, Rolfe
The Way Things Are ISBN 0-253-20125-X
Rouse (Loeb 1924)
Blank vers.


1969
Smith, Martin Ferguson
Om tingenes natur (revideret udgave. (2001) ISBN 978-0872205871)

Prosa.


1973
Wooby, Philip F.
Lucretius: om virkeligheden ISBN 978-0802221223

Imiterende daktyliske hexametre.


1974
Bovie, Palmer
Lucretius: Om tingenes natur. De Rerum Natura. En moderne oversættelse i vers
Leonard & Smith
Verse.


1976
Sisson, C. H.
Digtet om naturen ISBN 978-1857547238

6-takters linjer.


1977
Copley, Frank O.
The Nature of Things (Norton rpt. (2011) ISBN 978-0393341362)
Bailey (1962)
Løse blankvers.


1995
Esolen, Anthony
Om tingenes natur ISBN 978-0801850554

Løse blankvers.


1997
Melville, Sir Ronald
On the Nature of the Universe (Oxford World's Classics rpt. ISBN 978-0199555147)
Rouse, rev. Smith (Loeb 1975)
Blank vers.


2003
Englert, Walter
Om tingenes natur ISBN 978-0941051217

"Grov linje på fem eller seks takter."


2007
Stallings, Alicia
Tingenes natur (Penguin Classics ISBN 978-0140447965)
Rouse, rev. Smith (Loeb 1975)
Fourteener couplets.


2008
Slavitt, David R.
De Rerum Natura (Tingenes natur): En poetisk oversættelse ISBN 978-052025255937

6-takters linjer.
List of English translations of De rerum natura
Year
Translator
Publication
Source
Notes


1600s*
Anonymous
In mss: Bodl. MS. Rawl. D. 314.
Gifanius (1595)
Prose.


1650s*
Hutchinson, Lucy
In mss until Lucy Hutchinson's translation of Lucretius: De rerum natura. ed. Hugh de Quehen (1996) ISBN 0-472-10778-X
Pareus (1631)
Heroic couplets.


1656
Evelyn, John
Book 1 only: An essay on the first book of T. Lucretius Carus De rerum natura (1656). Evelyn's complete extant translation (lacking Book 2) not published until John Evelyn's Translation of Titus Lucretius Carus: 'De rerum natura': An Old-Spelling Critical Edition ed Repetzki, (Peter Lang (2000) ISBN 978-0820443881)
Lambinus (1570)
Heroic couplets.


1682
Creech, Thomas
First edition published pseudonymously as "Daphnis"; subsequently under Creech's own name. Second edition (1683) at Google Books, often reprinted.

Heroic couplets. The first complete English translation published, and the standard translation of the 18th century.


1743
Anonymous
Of the Nature of Things on the Internet Archive "Plates by Guernier."

Prose. Facing Latin text.


1805
Good, John Mason
The Nature of Things: A Didactic Poem: Vol 1 on the Internet Archive, Vol 2 on the Internet Archive. Reprinted in John Selby Watson's translation On the Nature of Things (1851)
Wakefield (1796–97)
Blank verse. Facing Latin text.


1813
Busby, Thomas
The Nature of Things: A Didascalic Poem

Heroic couplets.


1851
Watson, John Selby
On the Nature of Things at Google Books, often reprinted.
Forbiger (1828)
Prose.


1864
Munro, H.A.J.
Text, commentary, and translation in volumes 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Often reprinted: Vol 3 rpt. of 1900 on the Internet Archive.
Munro (1860)
Prose.


1872
Johnson, Charles Frederick
On the Nature of Things on the Internet Archive
Munro (1860)
Blank verse. The first American translation.


1884
Baring, Thomas Charles
The scheme of Epicurus; a rendering into English verse of the unfinished poem of Lucretius, entitled "De rerum natura", ("The Nature of things") at Google Books

Fourteener couplets.


1910
Bailey, Cyril
Lucretius On the Nature of Things on the Internet Archive. Often reprinted.
Bailey (1898/1921)
Prose.


1916
Leonard, William Ellery
Of the Nature of Things on the Internet Archive. Reprinted in Everyman's Library.
Guissani (1896–98)
Blank verse. Facing Latin text.


1919
Allison, Sir Robert
On the Nature of Things on the Internet Archive
Munro (1866)
Blank verse.


1924
Rouse, W. H. D.
Lucretius: On the Nature of Things (Loeb revised edn. ISBN 978-0674992009)
Rouse (Loeb 1924)
Prose. Facing Latin text.


1925
De Ford, Miriam Allen
Lucretius on The nature of things

Prose.


1929
Jackson, Thomas
Titus Lucretius Carus on the nature of things
Bailey (1921)
Rhythmic prose.


1933
Way, Arthur S.
Lucretius on the problem of existence

6-beat lines.


1937
Trevelyan, R. C.
De Rerum Natura. Selections published in 1920 as Translations From Lucretius on the Internet Archive.
Bailey (1921)
Blank verse.


1946
Bennett, Charles Ernest
On the nature of things

Verse.


1950
Brown, W. Hannaford
Lucretius on the Nature of Things

Imitative dactyllic hexameters.


1951
Latham, Ronald E.
On the Nature of the Universe (Penguin Classics rev. by John Godwin (1994) ISBN 978-0140446104)

Prose.


1956
Winspear, Alban Dewes
De rerum natura, by Lucretius, the Roman poet of science
Bailey (1921)
Irregular iambics.


1963
Johnson, L. L.
On the Nature of Things

Imitative dactyllic hexameters.


1965
Geer, Russel Mortimer
On nature

Prose.


1965
Mantinband, James H.
On the nature of the universe (De rerum natura)

6-beat lines.


1969
Humphries, Rolfe
The Way Things Are ISBN 0-253-20125-X
Rouse (Loeb 1924)
Blank verse.


1969
Smith, Martin Ferguson
On the Nature of Things (revised edn. (2001) ISBN 978-0872205871)

Prose.


1973
Wooby, Philip F.
Lucretius: about reality ISBN 978-0802221223

Imitative dactyllic hexameters.


1974
Bovie, Palmer
Lucretius: On the nature of Things. De Rerum Natura. A Modern Verse Translation
Leonard & Smith
Verse.


1976
Sisson, C. H.
The Poem on Nature ISBN 978-1857547238

6-beat lines.


1977
Copley, Frank O.
The Nature of Things (Norton rpt. (2011) ISBN 978-0393341362)
Bailey (1962)
Loose blank verse.


1995
Esolen, Anthony
On the Nature of Things ISBN 978-0801850554

Loose blank verse.


1997
Melville, Sir Ronald
On the Nature of the Universe (Oxford World's Classics rpt. ISBN 978-0199555147)
Rouse, rev. Smith (Loeb 1975)
Blank verse.


2003
Englert, Walter
On the Nature of Things ISBN 978-0941051217

"Rough five or six beat line."


2007
Stallings, Alicia
The Nature of Things (Penguin Classics ISBN 978-0140447965)
Rouse, rev. Smith (Loeb 1975)
Fourteener couplets.


2008
Slavitt, David R.
De Rerum Natura (The Nature of Things): A Poetic Translation ISBN 978-0520255937

6-beat lines.
List of English translations of De rerum natura