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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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BIB-0671

Quintilian, Education of the Orator, preface to book 6: the deaths of his wife and sons. Quintilian, Education of the Orator, preface to book 6

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BIB-0672

Pseudo-Sallust, Speech to Caesar 1: fortune and shaping one’s own life. Pseudo-Sallust, Speech to Caesar 1

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BIB-0673

Strabo, Geography 10.2.9. The Leucadian leap, Sappho and Cephalus. Strabo, Geography 10.2.9, the Leucadian leap.

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BIB-0674

Strabo, Geography 14.1.5, Apollo at Didyma.

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BIB-0675

Strabo, Geography 17.2.3, trans. H. L. Jones; qualifications for Ethiopian kings. Strabo, Geography 17.2.3, trans. H. L. Jones

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Recorded uses: DJR-117 — Strabo17: Strabo, Geography 17.2.3, trans. H. L. Jones; qualifications for Ethiopian kings.; work/audit-038/sources.json — 117-Strabo17: Strabo, Geography 17.2.3, trans. H. L. Jones.

BIB-0676

Strabo, Geography 4.1.13, Jones translation: the gold of Tolosa.

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BIB-0677

Strabo, Geography 8.6.20 and 23. Corinth’s ports and rocky territory. Public-domain translation at LacusCurtius. Strabo, Geography 8.6.20; Corinth and the temple’s courtesans. Strabo, Geography 8.6.20

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BIB-0678

Strabo, Geography 9.1.1–2: the Ceraunian Mountains and Sunium. This does not confirm the whole human-body comparison.

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Recorded uses: DJR-007 — Strabo geography: Strabo, Geography 9.1.1–2: the Ceraunian Mountains and Sunium. This does not confirm the whole human-body comparison..

BIB-0679

Strabo, Geography 9.3.3: Anticyra and medicinal hellebore. Strabo, Geography IX.3.6: Delphi and the meeting of the eagles. Strabo, Geography IX.3.6

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BIB-0680

Suetonius, Augustus 78.2: wakefulness in darkness.

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BIB-0681

Suetonius, Claudius 23.1: the Papian law and men over sixty. Suetonius, Claudius 23.1

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BIB-0682

Suetonius, Claudius 20: the harbour at Ostia and Lake Fucinus.

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BIB-0683

Suetonius, Domitian 14.1: foreknowledge of death.

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BIB-0684

Suetonius, Nero 1; the surname and inherited red beards of the Ahenobarbi. Suetonius, Nero 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.

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.

Rights

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.