Publisher description for De bello civili. Book II / Lucan ; edited by Elaine Fantham.
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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.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Rome History Civil War, 49-45 B, C, Poetry, Epic poetry, Latin