Name: Lucan: Civil War VIII
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Lucan: Civil War VIIIAris & Phillips Classical Texts In his De Bello Civili Lucan tells the story of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, dealing in Book VIII with the defeat and death of the latter. This edition provides a literary commentary to accompany the Latin text and the revised translation of J. D. Daff. The introduction covers the life of Lucan and the literary revival of Nero's time, the meaning of Lucan's choice of theme, a sketch of the form of the whole

and follows the fortunes of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus

literary and historical contexts

as in a Looking Glass"

The Gourdification of Claudius the God has instant and lasting appeal

to think of Prometheus as a genuine hero

ten short pastoral poems

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the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history

the character of his history

daring innovation

from earthly competition to fate and mythology

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