By Maanuv Allu, Jessica Choe, Maude Guillo, Elena Lu, and Jonah Melnick
As Latin students of Calder Classics, we translated the opening of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, which is believed to have inspired Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus. This experience gave us the insight to further understand and appreciate these masterpieces and their sub-contexts.