Lucan civil war book 1

Although incomplete, it is often considered the greatest epic poem of the silver age of latin literature, and it tells the story of the civil war between julius. It takes on a grotesque tone with descriptions of battles and descriptions of ghosts and witches. Nonetheless it is a great epic that is quite different from the others. Lucan, the civil war pharsalia loeb classical library.

This battle, however, takes place book 7, book 1 is concerned mainly. Book i the civil war begins book ii pompey in retreat book iii conflict in the mediterranean book iv victory for caesar in spain book v caesar the dictator in illyria book vi thessaly. Emathia was apart of macedonia, but the word is used loosely for thessaly or macedonia. Complete summary of christopher marlowes lucans first book pharsalia. No reasonable judgment can rank lucan among the worlds great. Lucans latin epic, the civil war also known as the pharsalia, must stand as a contender. The civil war books 1 10 loeb classical library latin hardcover 1957 by lucan author, j. Complete summary of christopher marlowes lucan s first book pharsalia. Christopher marlowes poems lucans first book summary and. Lucan began the pharsalia around 61 ce, and several books were in. Rhetoric and power, murder and suicide march 2012 david auerbach 1 comment the civil war is an epic steeped in rhetoric, or more precisely, birthed from the font of rhetoric. The civil war pharsalia lucan harvard university press. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. But having defeated nero in a poetry contest he was interdicted from further recitals or publication, so that three books of his epic the civil war were probably.