Which poet was particularly influenced by De rerum natura?
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Answer
The Roman poet Virgil, who lived between 70 and 19 BCE, was greatly influenced by the works of Lucretius, especially his De rerum natura. Virgil's poem the Aeneid, which tells the story of the Trojan hero Aeneas's journey to Italy, is full of allusions to De rerum natura. For example, the description of the underworld in the Aeneid is based on Lucretius's description of the atomistic universe.
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