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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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p. 1358

Recorded uses: DJR-061 — AthenaeusShips: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12, 554e–f, Yonge translation at Attalus: Heracleides of Pontus’s account of Thrasylaus and the imagined ownership of ships.; work/audit-019/sources.json — AthenaeusShips: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12, 554e–f, Yonge translation at Attalus.

BIB-0943

Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.8: Menander and Eubulus. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.8

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Recorded uses: DJR-138 — ath: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.8: Menander and Eubulus.; work/audit-045/sources.json — 138-ath: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.8.

BIB-0944

Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.59 (590d–e), trans. C. D. Yonge; Phryne’s trial and artistic representations. Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters 13.61 (592a–b): Sophocles and Archippe. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.59 (590d–e), trans. C. D. Yonge Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters 13.61 (592a–b)

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Recorded uses: DJR-117 — phryne: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.59 (590d–e), trans. C. D. Yonge; Phryne’s trial and artistic representations.; DJR-150 — athenaeus: Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters 13.61 (592a–b): Sophocles and Archippe.; work/audit-038/sources.json — 117-phryne: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.59 (590d–e), trans. C. D. Yonge; work/audit-049/sources.json — 150-athenaeus: Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters 13.61 (592a–b).

BIB-0945

Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters 14.44–45: the Sacaea and festivals of reversed social roles. Yonge translation.

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Recorded uses: DJR-016 — Athenaeus: Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters 14.44–45: the Sacaea and festivals of reversed social roles. Yonge translation..

BIB-0946

Ariphron, hymn to Health, in Athenaeus 15.63 (702a–b), historical translation: close parallel for Burton’s verses; Latin intermediary unverified. Ariphron, hymn to Health, in Athenaeus 15.63 (702a–b), historical translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-056 — AriphronHealth: Ariphron, hymn to Health, in Athenaeus 15.63 (702a–b), historical translation: close parallel for Burton’s verses; Latin intermediary unverified.; work/audit-017/sources.json — AriphronHealth: Ariphron, hymn to Health, in Athenaeus 15.63 (702a–b), historical translation.

BIB-0947

Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8; consulted without securely locating the final fly anecdote. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8

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Recorded uses: DJR-117 — athenaeus: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8; consulted without securely locating the final fly anecdote.; work/audit-038/sources.json — 117-athenaeus: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.

BIB-0948

Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.23, to Triarius: talent, opportunity, and a sponsor. English translation.

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Recorded uses: DJR-005 — pliny: Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.23, to Triarius: talent, opportunity, and a sponsor. English translation..

BIB-0949

Pliny, Natural History II.248: Dionysodorus’s alleged letter. Pliny, Natural History II.248

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Recorded uses: DJR-073 — pliny: Pliny, Natural History II.248: Dionysodorus’s alleged letter.; work/audit-023/sources.json — pliny: Pliny, Natural History II.248.

BIB-0950

Pliny, Natural History 35.85: Apelles and the shoemaker. Public-domain translation. Pliny, Natural History 35.73: Timanthes’s veiled Agamemnon. Pliny, Natural History 35.73

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Recorded uses: DJR-006 — Pliny: Pliny, Natural History 35.85: Apelles and the shoemaker. Public-domain translation.; DJR-165 — pliny: Pliny, Natural History 35.73: Timanthes’s veiled Agamemnon.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 165-pliny: Pliny, Natural History 35.73.

BIB-0951

Pliny, Natural History 36.121–123, English translation on Attalus: Agrippa’s works, Claudian supply and private houses. Pliny, Natural History 36.121–123, English translation on Attalus

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Recorded uses: DJR-070 — PlinyWater: Pliny, Natural History 36.121–123, English translation on Attalus: Agrippa’s works, Claudian supply and private houses.; work/audit-022/sources.json — PlinyWater: Pliny, Natural History 36.121–123, English translation on Attalus.

BIB-0952

Pliny, Natural History 37.50: Poppaea’s amber hair. Pliny, Natural History 37.81–82.

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Recorded uses: DJR-011 — PlinyNH: Pliny, Natural History 37.50: Poppaea’s amber hair.; DJR-090 — Pliny37: Pliny, Natural History 37.81–82.; work/audit-029/sources.json — 090-Pliny37: Pliny, Natural History 37.81–82..

BIB-0953

Pliny, Natural History 7, opening; exact quotation unlocated. Pliny, Natural History 7, opening

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About This Reading Edition

Robert Burton’s Anatomy ranges across medicine, philosophy, poetry, religion, and everyday life in its inquiry into melancholy. This complete parallel edition pairs the 1651 English text with a close modern English rendering, preserving the three Partitions, Democritus Junior’s address to the reader, verse, and the historical index.

Historical Text and Translation

The historical text follows the sixth edition, printed at Oxford for Henry Cripps in 1651, using the McGill University Library copy. The supplied edition documents missing printed pages 98–99 supplied from another 1651 copy at the Bavarian State Library. Historical folio labels and their irregularities remain visible; web reader numbers identify reflowed passages and do not claim to reproduce PDF pagination.

About Diotimos Editions

Diotimos Editions prepared the close modern English rendering and editorial matter. All 8,755 original and modern passage pairs remain aligned, with verse breaks, italics, continuations, and linked annotations preserved. Burton’s 6,781 historical notes retain their attribution; 6,895 editorial notes remain distinct. The introduction, Note on the Text, contextual lexicon, indexes, source documentation, and bibliography are included. The engraved frontispiece remains available in the original downloads.

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Burton’s historical text is in the public domain. The modern English rendering, introduction, notes, and editorial matter are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and appear with the site owner’s permission. The complete supplied PDF, EPUB, Word, and Markdown files remain available unchanged. The PDF and Word edition preserve the original parallel page layout.