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Lucan's imperial world : the Bellum Civile in its contemporary contexts /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zientek, Laura (Editor), Thorne, Mark (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Series:Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
Subjects:
Lucan, > 39-65. > Pharsalia.
Rome > History > Civil War, 49-45 B.C. > Literature and the war.
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C., in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Lucan and contemporary authors and traditions
  • The natural world and geography in the Neronian Period
  • Cato's Neronian Nachleben
  • Back to the future: Republic and empire.