By MONICA R. GALE
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And, Wnally, the reality of the universe and the philosophy that discloses it have been discovered only recently, and I myself have been discovered, among the Wrst, who is capable of expressing it in Latin. By this conception of history, discoverers are themselves discovered. The same language which had described Lucretius’ place in world history (ipse repertus, ‘I myself have been discovered’) comes to describe the greatest product of a city which is itself the pinnacle of civilization (cf.
43–7): 45 et quoniam docui mundi mortalia templa esse natiuo consistere corpore caelum, et quaecumque in eo Wunt Werique necessest, pleraque dissolui, quae restant percipe porro; quandoquidem semel insignem conscendere currum 45 And, since I have taught that the regions of the world are subject to death and that even heaven is made of corruptible matter and that all that happens in this world happens of necessity and have explained most of my subject, now learn what remains, since once I have decided to mount a chariot that carries fame .
Nec me animi fallit quam sint obscura; sed acri percussit thyrso laudis spes magna meum cor et simul incussit suauem mi in pectus amorem musarum, quo nunc instinctus mente uigenti auia Pieridum peragro loca nullius ante trita solo. iuvat integros accedere fontis atque haurire, iuuatque nouos decerpere Xores insignemque meo capiti petere inde coronam unde prius nulli uelarint tempora musae. Now learn what remains. Listen more attentively. I am well aware of how obscure these matters are, but an intense hope of fame has struck my heart and driven deep within my breast the sweet love of the Muses.