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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Recorded uses: DJR-005 — gellius12: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 12.2: criticism of Seneca; the edition’s note also identifies Suetonius, Caligula 53. English translation.; DJR-033 — Gellius12: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 12.1; Favorinus on breastfeeding and the character of the nurse, including drunkenness.; work/audit-010/sources.json — Gellius12: Gellius, Attic Nights 12.1.

BIB-0598

Gellius, Attic Nights 2.12, Solon’s law on civil strife. Gellius, Attic Nights 2.15, privileges of marriage and parenthood.

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Recorded uses: DJR-098 — gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 2.12, Solon’s law on civil strife.; DJR-142 — Gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 2.15, privileges of marriage and parenthood.; work/audit-031/sources.json — 098-gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 2.12, Solon’s law on civil strife.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 142-Gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 2.15, privileges of marriage and parenthood..

BIB-0599

Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 5.11.8–14: moderate beauty and Ennius. Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 5.11.8–14

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Recorded uses: DJR-150 — gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 5.11.8–14: moderate beauty and Ennius.; work/audit-049/sources.json — 150-gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 5.11.8–14.

BIB-0600

Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 6.8: Apion’s dolphin story; compare Burton’s different book and chapter numbers. Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 6.8

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Recorded uses: DJR-113 — Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 6.8: Apion’s dolphin story; compare Burton’s different book and chapter numbers.; work/audit-036/sources.json — 113-Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 6.8.

BIB-0601

Herodotus, Histories 1.8–12: Candaules and Gyges. Herodotus, Histories 1.8–12

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Recorded uses: DJR-150 — herodotus: Herodotus, Histories 1.8–12: Candaules and Gyges.; work/audit-049/sources.json — 150-herodotus: Herodotus, Histories 1.8–12.

BIB-0602

Herodotus, Histories 1.199: Babylonian ritual claim. Herodotus, Histories 1.199

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Recorded uses: DJR-149 — herodotus: Herodotus, Histories 1.199: Babylonian ritual claim.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 149-herodotus: Herodotus, Histories 1.199.

BIB-0603

Herodotus, Histories 2.19–27, Godley translation with linked Greek; explanations of the Nile flood. Herodotus, Histories 2.19–27, Godley translation with linked Greek

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Recorded uses: DJR-072 — Herodotus: Herodotus, Histories 2.19–27, Godley translation with linked Greek; explanations of the Nile flood.; work/audit-023/sources.json — Herodotus: Herodotus, Histories 2.19–27, Godley translation with linked Greek.

BIB-0604

Herodotus2.177, Godley translation; Amasis and the annual declaration. Herodotus2.177, Godley translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-078 — herodotus: Herodotus2.177, Godley translation; Amasis and the annual declaration.; work/audit-025/sources.json — 078-herodotus: Herodotus2.177, Godley translation.

BIB-0605

Herodotus, Histories 2.177: Amasis’s requirement to report the means of earning a livelihood.

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Recorded uses: DJR-015 — Herodotus: Herodotus, Histories 2.177: Amasis’s requirement to report the means of earning a livelihood..

BIB-0606

Herodotus 2.111: Pheros’s blindness and the oracle. Herodotus, Histories 2.111; Pheros narrative. Herodotus 2.111 Herodotus, Histories 2.111

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Recorded uses: DJR-147 — herodotus: Herodotus 2.111: Pheros’s blindness and the oracle.; DJR-148 — herodotus2: Herodotus, Histories 2.111; Pheros narrative.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 147-herodotus: Herodotus 2.111; work/audit-048/sources.json — 148-herodotus2: Herodotus, Histories 2.111.

BIB-0607

Herodotus, Histories 9.108–113; Amestris and Masistes’s wife. Herodotus, Histories 9.108–113

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Recorded uses: DJR-148 — herodotus9: Herodotus, Histories 9.108–113; Amestris and Masistes’s wife.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 148-herodotus9: Herodotus, Histories 9.108–113.

BIB-0608

Historia Augusta, Aurelian 47.3: dredging and embanking the Tiber for Rome’s grain supply. Historia Augusta, Aurelian 47.4: the well-fed Roman people; the expanded marginal warning remains unlocated. Historia Augusta Aurelian 47 section 3 Historia Augusta, Aurelian 47.4

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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.