title: Pestilence narratives in classical literature: a study in creative imitation: I. Homer, Sophocles, Thucydides, and Lucretius.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dirckx
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D018645:Greek World; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature / Q000266:history*; D010930:Plague / Q000266:history*; D018644:Roman World