M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia

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"In this edition Professor Fantham offers the first full-scale commentary on the neglected second book of Lucan's epic poem on the war between Caesar and Pompey: De bello civili. Book II presents all three leading figures - Cato, Caesar and Pompey - in speech and action. It expresses the moral and political dilemma of civil war and portrays Pompey's loss of authority during his withdrawal from Italy in language designed to evoke and cancel Virgil's heroic presentation of the foundation myth of Aeneas. It is a book rich in the history and geography of Roman Italy, including the retrospective narrative of Marius' and Sulla's reigns of civil terror at Rome, an unusual wedding scene, a verbal map of Italy, and a swift-paced narrative of Caesar's blockade and Pompey's Dunkirk-like evacuation of the republican forces from Brundisium." "In her introduction Professor Fantham gives a general account of Lucan's life and work, and continues with a discussion of his narrative and interpretation of Caesar's military 'invasion' of Italy covering books I and II, a survey of language, style and metre, and a brief history of the text."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Campaigns,  Criticism and interpretation,  Early works to 1800,  Facsimiles,  History,  Latin Epic poetry,  Latin Manuscripts,  Latin language,  Literature and the war,  Pharsalus, Battle of, 48 B. C.,  Pharsalus, Battle of, 48 B.C,  Pharsalus, Battle of, 48 B.C.,  Pharsalus, Battle of, B.C. 48,  Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C,  Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C.,  Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C., in literature,  Poetry,  Readers,  Rome Civil War, 49-45 B.C,  Rome Civil War, 49-45 B.C.,  Rome Civil War, 49-48 B.C,  Rome Civil War, 49-48 B.C.,  Translations into Czech,  Translations into English,  Translations into German,  Translations into Italian,  Pharsalus, Battle of (Farsala, Greece : 48 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01060369,  Civil War (Rome : 49-45 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01352314,  Poetry (poetic works by one author),  Fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, war & military,  Civil war,  Republic,  Pharsalia (Lucanus),  Philosophy, ancient,  Epic poetry, latin,  Epic poetry, latin--translations into english,  Pharsalus, battle of, farsala, greece, 48 b.c--poetry,  Pa6479.e5 b73 1991,  873/.01,  Irish literature,  Tales,  Irish Sagas,  Irish Epic literature,  Irish Manuscripts,  Latin literature,  Translations into Irish

People: Gaius Calpurnius Piso (d. 65),  Henri Le Bonniec,  Lucan (39-65),  Pierre Wuilleumier

Places: 48 B.C. Pharsalus, Battle of,  Rome

Times: Civil War, 49-45 B.C,  Civil War, 49-45 B.C.,  Civil War, 49-48 B. C.,  Civil War, 49-48 B.C,  Civil War, 49-48 B.C.,  Medieval and modern,  Civil war, B.C. 49-48