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Lucan: De Bello Ciuili Book VII (Paperback)
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Lucan: De Bello Ciuili Book VII (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
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Book VII of Lucan's De Bello Ciuili recounts the decisive victory
of Julius Caesar over Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus on 9 August
48 BCE. Uniquely within Lucan's epic, the entire book is devoted to
one event, as the narrator struggles to convey the full horror and
significance of Romans fighting against Romans and of the
republican defeat. Book VII shows both De Bello Ciuili and its
impassioned, partisan narrator at their idiosyncratic best. Lucan's
account of Pharsalus well illustrates his poem's macabre aesthetic,
his commitment to paradox and hyperbole, and his highly rhetorical
presentation of events. This is the first English commentary on
this important book for more than half a century. It provides
extensive help with Lucan's Latin, and seeks to orientate students
and scholars to the most important issues, themes and aspects of
this brilliant poem.
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