Who was the philosophical poem De rerum natura dedicated to?
Gaius Memmius
Virgil
Horace
C. J. Thomsen
Answer
Gaius Memmius was a Roman politician and poet who was a friend of Lucretius, the author of the philosophical poem De rerum natura. Memmius was a supporter of the Epicurean school of philosophy, and he encouraged Lucretius to write De rerum natura, which expounds on Epicurus's teachings. The poem is dedicated to Memmius, and it is likely that he was a significant influence on its content.
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