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Which Roman poet's Eclogues were influenced, to a lesser extent, by De rerum natura?

  • Ovid

  • Virgil

  • Horace

  • Catullus

Answer

Virgil's Eclogues were influenced, to a lesser extent, by De rerum natura. This can be seen in the way that Virgil uses the same meter and poetic style as Lucretius, as well as in the way that he draws on Lucretius's ideas about nature and the universe.
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