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The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Recorded uses: DJR-001 — Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.34–49, Democritus; LacusCurtius.; DJR-105 — Diogenes: Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.43: Democritus and the hot loaves.; work/audit-034/sources.json — 105-Diogenes: Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.43; work/audit-057/sources.json — 001-Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.34–49, Democritus.

BIB-0588

Dionysius, Roman Antiquities 2.68–69: Aemilia and Tuccia. Dionysius, Roman Antiquities 2.68–69

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Recorded uses: DJR-147 — dionysius: Dionysius, Roman Antiquities 2.68–69: Aemilia and Tuccia.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 147-dionysius: Dionysius, Roman Antiquities 2.68–69.

BIB-0589

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.68.1–2, Earnest Cary translation (1940): prodigies, banishment, divine anger and chance. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.68.1–2, Earnest Cary translation (1940)

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Recorded uses: DJR-162 — Dionysius768: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.68.1–2, Earnest Cary translation (1940): prodigies, banishment, divine anger and chance.; work/audit-053/sources.json — 162-Dionysius768: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.68.1–2, Earnest Cary translation (1940).

BIB-0590

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.70.3, Cary translation: the endurance of inherited rites.

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Recorded uses: DJR-048 — Dionysius: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.70.3, Cary translation: the endurance of inherited rites.; work/audit-015/sources.json — Dionysius: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.70.3, Cary translation: the endurance of inherited rites..

BIB-0591

Dionysius, Roman Antiquities 8.22–28: Minucius’s embassy and warning. Dionysius, Roman Antiquities 8.22–28

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Recorded uses: DJR-087 — Dionysius: Dionysius, Roman Antiquities 8.22–28: Minucius’s embassy and warning.; work/audit-028/sources.json — 087-Dionysius: Dionysius, Roman Antiquities 8.22–28.

BIB-0592

Frontinus, Stratagems 2.6: allowing a desperate enemy an escape. Frontinus, Stratagems 2.6

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Recorded uses: DJR-163 — frontinus: Frontinus, Stratagems 2.6: allowing a desperate enemy an escape.; work/audit-053/sources.json — 163-frontinus: Frontinus, Stratagems 2.6.

BIB-0593

Gellius, Attic Nights 1.8; Lais’s demand and Demosthenes’ refusal. Gellius, Attic Nights 1.8

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Recorded uses: DJR-132 — Gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 1.8; Lais’s demand and Demosthenes’ refusal.; work/audit-043/sources.json — 132-Gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 1.8.

BIB-0594

Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 1.6, Metellus on marriage.

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Recorded uses: DJR-143 — Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 1.6, Metellus on marriage.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 143-Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 1.6, Metellus on marriage..

BIB-0595

Attic Nights, book 10, especially chapters 12 and 17; LacusCurtius. Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 10.17: Democritus and Laberius’s changed motive. Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 10.17 Attic Nights, book 10, especially chapters 12 and 17

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Recorded uses: DJR-001 — Gellius: Attic Nights, book 10, especially chapters 12 and 17; LacusCurtius.; DJR-164 — Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 10.17: Democritus and Laberius’s changed motive.; work/audit-053/sources.json — 164-Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 10.17; work/audit-057/sources.json — 001-Gellius: Attic Nights, book 10, especially chapters 12 and 17.

BIB-0596

Gellius, Attic Nights 10.23; wine and Roman women. Gellius, Attic Nights 10.23

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Recorded uses: DJR-134 — Gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 10.23; wine and Roman women.; work/audit-043/sources.json — 134-Gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 10.23.

BIB-0597

Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 12.2: criticism of Seneca; the edition’s note also identifies Suetonius, Caligula 53. English translation. Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 12.1; Favorinus on breastfeeding and the character of the nurse, including drunkenness. Gellius, Attic Nights 12.1

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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.

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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.