WorkLucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)

De rerum natura [On the Nature of Things]; German trans. by Karl Ludwig von Knebel as Von der Natur der Dinge

Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) (c. 99–c. 55 BCE) · c. 60 BCE

InferredFuller mentions 'von Knebel (translator of Lucretius)' — this identifies Knebel specifically as the German translator of Lucretius's De rerum natura. Fuller identifies Karl Ludwig von Knebel as the 'translator of Lucretius' — this clearly points to De rerum natura, which Knebel translated into German hexameters (Von der Natur der Dinge, Leipzig, 1821). The work is thus identified through Knebel's most famous translation.

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Notes toward The Life of Goethe

p11

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“p11: 'von Knebel (translator of / Lucretius and his Lebens / freund ??) accompanied / by the princes of Weimar”

Fuller, Margaret. "Notes toward The Life of Goethe." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Fuller mentions 'von Knebel (translator of Lucretius)' — this identifies Knebel specifically as the German translator of Lucretius's De rerum natura. Fuller identifies Karl Ludwig von Knebel as the 'translator of Lucretius' — this clearly points to De rerum natura, which Knebel translated into German hexameters (Von der Natur der Dinge, Leipzig, 1821). The work is thus identified through Knebel's most famous translation.