COMPLETE [CLASSICS] On the Nature of Things by Lucretius -rg

[lubee930]

Here is the penultimate section -- section 31:
Book VI, Part 3: Extraordinary and Paradoxical Telluric Phenomena
https://librivox.org/uploads/ruthieg/onthenatureofthings_31_lucretius.mp3
SIZE: 42.2 MB
DURATION: 46:05
... almost done!
Thanks,
Dan

I can't manage 45 seconds without a flub--much less 45 minutes. You make wonderful recordings, Dan.

Section 31: PL OK

[dvimont]

I can't manage 45 seconds without a flub--much less 45 minutes. You make wonderful recordings, Dan

Thanks Lucretia!
Now -- on to the final section!!

[dvimont]

Here is the final section -- The Plague Athens:

https://librivox.org/uploads/ruthieg/onthenatureofthings_32_lucretius.mp3

SIZE: 14.2 MB
DURATION: 15:32

There was one ambiguous word in this section that was possibly an OCR error -- the word appears as "chocked" in the Gutenberg edition, but appears as "choked" in the Dover edition.

The phrase is "... when that influence of bane had chocked, down through the throat, the breast..."

The question is this: Is it "chocked the breast" or "choked the breast"? In this case, I went with the Gutenberg version, thinking that a metaphorical usage of the word "chock" (to block) somehow fits slightly better than "choke" in this context.

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Ruth -- Are there any final preparations to be made? Synopsis? Cover art? M4B production? Please let me know what I need to do!

Thanks,

Dan

[RuthieG]

Well done, Dan!

Yes, I will need a public domain summary, please. There is some debate about whether a direct quote from Wikipedia is OK, as they now have a Creative Commons licence on all their pages.

Re the CD cover, it depends if you wish to do it yourself or let someone else do it. Details in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=28785. If you wish to do it yourself, I can preclaim the cover in your name, so that no-one else leaps in, as we can only display one cover on the page.

The same applies to M4B making: the thread is here: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=28784

Both cover and M4B can be added after cataloguing.

Ruth

[dvimont]

Okay, I'll come up with a public domain summary, and I'll create both the CD cover and M4B version.

Thanks!

[lubee930]

Here is the final section -- The Plague Athens:
https://librivox.org/uploads/ruthieg/onthenatureofthings_32_lucretius.mp3
SIZE: 14.2 MB
DURATION: 15:32
Thanks,
Dan

Dan--I don't know if you want to fiddle with this or not, but I hear one discrepancy from the Gutenberg text.

Section 32:
--At ~2:50 the text shows "...recurrent spasms of vomiting would rack..."--but I hear "...recurring spasms of vomiting would rack..."

What a horrible final scene we are left to ponder!

[dvimont]

Section 32:
--At ~2:50 the text shows "...recurrent spasms of vomiting would rack..."--but I hear "...recurring spasms of vomiting would rack..."

Thanks Lucretia! I'll get a corrected version posted soon (and yes, it is hard to imagine a more "doom and gloom" ending to such a work ).

[dvimont]

Okay, the corrected version of Section 32 has been uploaded:

https://librivox.org/uploads/ruthieg/onthenatureofthings_32_lucretius.mp3

SIZE: 14.2 MB
DURATION: 15:32

As always, Lucretia, thanks for the impeccable PLing!!

Ruth, I'll get the new synopsis and CD cover produced in the next couple of days.

THANKS VERY MUCH!!

[RuthieG]

Right ho, I will be poised for action as soon as Lucretia has done the spot PL.

Ruth

[lubee930]

Okay, the corrected version of Section 32 has been uploaded:
https://librivox.org/uploads/ruthieg/onthenatureofthings_32_lucretius.mp3
SIZE: 14.2 MB
DURATION: 15:32
As always, Lucretia, thanks for the impeccable PLing!!
Ruth, I'll get the new synopsis and CD cover produced in the next couple of days.
THANKS VERY MUCH!!

Section 32: PL OK

Thank you, Dan, for letting me be your DPL'er--truly a pleasure.

[RuthieG]

Bah, mutter, grumble. Something has failed at archive, and I have to wait for an admin there. As it is a holiday weekend (at least I assume it is also in the US), nothing may happen until Tuesday.

Ruth

[dvimont]

Here is a synopsis:

On the Nature of Things, written in the first century BCE by Titus Lucretius Carus, is one of the principle expositions on Epicurean philosophy and science to have survived from antiquity. Far from being a dry treatise on the many topics it covers, the original Latin version (entitled De Rerum Natura) was written in the form of an extended poem in hexameter, with a beauty of style that was admired and emulated by his successors, including Ovid and Cicero. The version read here is an English verse translation written by William Ellery Leonard. Although Leonard penned his version in the early twentieth century, he chose to adhere to both the vocabulary and meter (alternating between pentameter and hexameter) of Elizabethan-era poetry.

While the six untitled books that comprise On the Nature of Things delve into a broad range of subjects, including the physical nature of the universe, the workings of the human mind and body, and the natural history of the Earth, Lucretius repeatedly asserts throughout the work that his chief purpose is to provide the reader with a means to escape the "darkness of the mind" imposed by superstition and ignorance. To this end he offers us his enlightening verses, that through them might be revealed to us "nature's aspect, and her laws".

[RuthieG]

Thank you, Dan. Cataloguing is now complete and all audio files may be downloaded from https://librivox.org/on-the-nature-of-things-by-lucretius-2/

Let me know when the other bits and pieces are ready and I will get them added to the catalogue page .

Ruth

[dvimont]

I just posted the cover art over in the Cover Art thread...

[RuthieG]

And I see that Bart has already added it to the cataolgue page .

Ruth