book: Lucan: De Bello Civili I (BCP Latin Texts)

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	Lucan: De Bello Civili I (BCP Latin Texts) Lucan Duckworth Publishers, 2007 - 224 pages view larger image
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This edition offers the first full-scale commentary on the neglected second book of Lucan's epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey: De bello civili. It pays particular attention to Lucan's inheritance from Virgil's Augustan epic and response to its challenge. The introduction gives a general account of Lucan's life and work, a discussion of his narrative, a survey of language, style and meter, and a brief history of the text. The commentary offers assistance with grammar and translation and aims to provide the political, historical and geographical background to Lucan's epic narrative.

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