Lucan: De Bello Civili Book 1
ISBN13: 9780199556991ISBN10: 0199556997
Hardback,
432 pages
Nov 2009,
In Stock
Price:
$150.00 (06)Description
This is a full-scale edition (the first in nearly 70 years) 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. The volume includes an introduction, text with apparatus criticus, and commentary. The introduction provides the reader with a number of the most important contexts for understanding Lucan's subject matter and his approach to this material. The commentary pays particular attention to interpretative, linguistic, literary, historical, social, and philosophical issues arising from the narrative of Book 1.Features
- Presents the most up-to-date scholarship on the poem
- Introduction focuses upon Lucan's place within the tradition of previous and subsequent Latin literature and his influence upon the genre of epic narrative
- Commentary utilizes new philological tools to explore Lucan's language
About the Author(s)
Paul Roche is Lecturer in Latin in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney.
