De bello civili. Book 1
P. A. Roche (Author), Lucan
A comprehensive new edition, including introduction, text with apparatus criticus, and commentary, of the Latin text of the first book of Lucan's De Bello Civili, an important and influential epic poem written in the 60s AD, which recounts the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey in the years 49-45 BC.
Print Book, English, 2009
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009
Kommentar
xi, 418 pages ; 22 cm
9780199556991, 0199556997
390600165
1. Book one and De Bello Civili
2. Structure and narrative in book one
3. Connections with other books
4. Sources and models for book one
5. Stoic elements in book one
6. The events of book one in the historiographical tradition
7. Rhetorical epic
8. Language and style
9. Text
M. Annaei Lucani De Bello Civili Liber Primus
Commentary
Translated from the LatinText in Latin, with English introduction and commentary