https://www.peren-revues.fr/revue-k/1200 This article focuses on the famous passage of Lucretius' On the Nature of Things where the poet reenacts in a blazing style Thucydides' description of the plague in Athens. The article lays the emphasis on the change of regime of narration of the disaster from the Greek historian to the Roman poet. The author also attempts to read Lucretius' purple passage in the light of the present pandemic – Covid 19. Numéros Lucretius: Unfounded Nature Essays fr mar., 06 févr. 2024 09:00:02 +0100 mar., 06 févr. 2024 09:00:35 +0100 https://www.peren-revues.fr/revue-k/1200 0