Lucan De Bello Civili, Book II

by: Fantham, E.

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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.

Only student-level edition of this book of Lucan's De bello civili available
Lucan's star is rising - see our forthcoming monograph by Jamie Masters: Poetry and Civil War in Lucan's Bellum Civile
There is only one other student-level commentary on any book of Lucan - Roland Mayer's edition of Lucan Book VIII from Aris and Philips - so an alternative text to use should be popular with teachers

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.

Lucan De Bello Civili, Book II

by: Fantham, E.

• ISBN-13: 9780521422413 / 978-0-521-42241-3
• ISBN-03: 0521422418 / 0-521-42241-8
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992

Price: 38,74 EURO

1 copy in stock