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INDEX/BCMSV/4524

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On the creation of the earth, according on Epicurean philosophy; translating preceding Latin lines from Virgil's sixth Pastoral, or Eclogue. The first two words end an otherwise blank line.

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INDEX/BCMSV/4525

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On the destructive anger of Jove expressed through lightning, noting that he does not even spare religious sites dedicated to himself; translating preceding Latin lines from Lucretius, Book VI.

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INDEX/BCMSV/4526

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On the destruction of the innocent through the wrath of the gods, expressed through lightning; translating preceding Latin lines from Lucretius, Book VI

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INDEX/BCMSV/4528

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On the restoration of his religious faith, lost due to the destruction of the innocent, as a result of the fall of the tyrant Rufinus; translating preceding Latin lines from Claudian, "Rufinum", I.

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INDEX/BCMSV/4529

174- or 175- ?

Describing the Roman practice of bringing images of gods from conquered countries back to Rome, with the result that they end up in awe of the cultures they have defeated; translating preceding Latin lines from Prudentius, "Contra Symmachum", II.

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INDEX/BCMSV/4530

174- or 175- ?

On the belief that one day the earth must end in a holocaust; translating preceding Latin lines from Ovid, "Metamorphoses".

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INDEX/BCMSV/4531

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On the indecision of a man faced by numerous possibilities with nothing to help him choose the right path; translating preceding Greek lines from Oppian, "Halieutic", III.

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INDEX/BCMSV/4532

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Argues that non-human creatures are capable of concern only for worldly matters, man alone being capable of spiritual contemplation; translating preceding Latin lines from Manilius, Book 4.

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INDEX/BCMSV/4533

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Argues that non-human creatures can do no more than look down to the earth, man alone, walking upright, being capable of spiritual contemplation; translating preceding Latin lines from Ovid

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INDEX/BCMSV/4535

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On the survival of infant children in a hostile world being proof of the existence of God

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INDEX/BCMSV/4546

174- or 175- ?

On Flora, goddess of flowers, her place in Rome, and of others transformed into flowers such as Narcissus; translation from Ovid, "Fasti". With marginal notes.

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INDEX/BCMSV/4548

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On the vegetarianism of certain early Christians, translating preceding Latin lines from Prudentius, "Hymno ante Cibum Cathemerinon"