Lucretian imagery.

Although many fine editions have appeared, both ancient and modern, of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura", the one aspect of his style, "imagery", which forms the subject of this thesis, has not hitherto been adequately treated. Different editors have different views on Lucretius. Bailey holds that the most important single characteristic of Lucretius is his lofty and noble diction. Smith sees in the archaic tone of the poem the keynote of Lucretius' style. All, however, agree that the poem presents an uninterrupted sucession of varied and colourful pictures