Lucan: De bello civili Book II
by Lucan , Edited by Elaine FanthamFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-06-26
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| 1. De bello civili: the poet and the poem | |
| 2. Lucan's work in the epic tradition | |
| 3. The Civil War: history and poetic interpretation | |
| 4. Language, style and versification | |
| 5. The text M. Annaei Lvcani De bello civili liber secvndvs | |
| Commentary | |
| Chronological table of events from 88-49 BC | |
| Parallel summaries of Lucan, De bello civili I-II, Livy, Periocha and Caesar, Bellum civile 1 | |
| Appendices: 1. A Neronian critic of Lucan? | |
| 2. The capture of Corfinium | |
| 3. Cato's decision and Seneca's appraisal | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index. |
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