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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-007 — Symposium: Plato, Symposium, Jowett translation: comparisons with heroes and Socrates’s ability to drink without intoxication.; DJR-131 — Plato: Plato, Symposium; Phaedrus’s army of lovers and Agathon’s praise of Love.; DJR-135 — Plato: Plato, Symposium; Alcibiades on Socrates’s restraint.; work/audit-042/sources.json — 131-Plato: Plato, Symposium; work/audit-044/sources.json — 135-Plato: Plato, Symposium.

BIB-1293

Plato, Phaedo 118a, Jowett translation: the final praise of Socrates.

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Recorded uses: DJR-007 — Phaedo: Plato, Phaedo 118a, Jowett translation: the final praise of Socrates..

BIB-1294

Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Adlington translation, book 4 frame of Cupid and Psyche.

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Recorded uses: DJR-079 — apuleius: Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Adlington translation, book 4 frame of Cupid and Psyche.; work/audit-025/sources.json — 079-apuleius: Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Adlington translation, book 4 frame of Cupid and Psyche..

BIB-1295

Homer, Odyssey, book 4; Helen’s grief-banishing drink. Homer, Odyssey, book 4

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Recorded uses: DJR-136 — Homer: Homer, Odyssey, book 4; Helen’s grief-banishing drink.; work/audit-044/sources.json — 136-Homer: Homer, Odyssey, book 4.

BIB-1296

Homer, Odyssey 4, Butler translation; Telemachus at Menelaus’s palace. Homer, Odyssey 4, Butler translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-079 — odyssey: Homer, Odyssey 4, Butler translation; Telemachus at Menelaus’s palace.; work/audit-025/sources.json — 079-odyssey: Homer, Odyssey 4, Butler translation.

BIB-1297

Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander, first sestiad 471–472: the quoted couplet on scholarly poverty. Marlowe Hero and Leander

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Recorded uses: DJR-046 — Marlowe: Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander, first sestiad 471–472: the quoted couplet on scholarly poverty.; work/audit-014/sources.json — Marlowe: Marlowe Hero and Leander.

BIB-1298

W. G. Waters, Jerome Cardan: biographical cross-check concerning Cardano’s children; not a substitute for collation of On His Own Books. W. G. Waters, Jerome Cardan

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Recorded uses: DJR-054 — cardano: W. G. Waters, Jerome Cardan: biographical cross-check concerning Cardano’s children; not a substitute for collation of On His Own Books.; work/audit-017/sources.json — cardano: W. G. Waters, Jerome Cardan.

BIB-1299

Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.1.7–8; Cyrus refuses to see Panthea. Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.1.7–8

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Recorded uses: DJR-135 — Xenophon Cyrus: Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.1.7–8; Cyrus refuses to see Panthea.; work/audit-044/sources.json — 135-Xenophon Cyrus: Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.1.7–8.

BIB-1300

Aesop, The Eagle and the Beetle, Townsend version.

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Recorded uses: DJR-097 — aesop: Aesop, The Eagle and the Beetle, Townsend version.; work/audit-031/sources.json — 097-aesop: Aesop, The Eagle and the Beetle, Townsend version..

BIB-1301

Thomas More, Utopia, book 2: accessible laws, pleading one’s own cause, and the injustice of neglecting working people. Burnet translation, Project Gutenberg. Thomas More, Utopia, book 2. Fictional community’s care for the incurably ill and reported practice. Thomas More, Utopia, book 2, Burnet translation; work and leisure. Thomas More, Utopia, book 2: inspection of prospective spouses. Thomas More, Utopia, book 2, Burnet translation Thomas More, Utopia, book 2

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Recorded uses: DJR-016 — More: Thomas More, Utopia, book 2: accessible laws, pleading one’s own cause, and the injustice of neglecting working people. Burnet translation, Project Gutenberg.; DJR-066 — More: Thomas More, Utopia, book 2. Fictional community’s care for the incurably ill and reported practice.; DJR-080 — more: Thomas More, Utopia, book 2, Burnet translation; work and leisure.; DJR-150 — more: Thomas More, Utopia, book 2: inspection of prospective spouses.; work/audit-021/sources.json — More: Thomas More, Utopia, book 2. Fictional community’s care for the incurably ill and reported practice.; work/audit-025/sources.json — 080-more: Thomas More, Utopia, book 2, Burnet translation; work/audit-049/sources.json — 150-more: Thomas More, Utopia, book 2.

BIB-1302

Homer, Iliad 18–19, Buckley translation; the shield and Achilles receiving armour. Homer, Iliad 18–19, Buckley translation

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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.