TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lucan
AU  - Joyce,Jane Wilson
TI  - Pharsalia
T2  - Masters of Latin Literature
SN  - 9781501731938
AV  - PA6479.E5 
U1  - 873/.01 20
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY : 
PB  - Cornell University Press, 
KW  - Epic poetry, Latin
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Ancient History & Classical Studies
KW  - POETRY / Ancient & Classical
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; General Introduction --; Chronology --; Lucan's Pharsalia --; Book I --; Book II --; Book III --; Book IV --; Book V --; BOOK VI --; Book VII --; Book VIII --; Book IX --; Book X --; Glossary --; Select Bibliography; restricted access
N2  - Lucan's great poem, Pharsalia, recounts events surrounding the decisive battle fought near Pharsalus in 48 B.C. during the civil war between the forces of Pompey and Julius Caesar. Though the subject of this unfinished masterpiece is historical, many of its features are characteristic of epic poetry: Rousing battle scenes; tales of witches, monsters, and miracle; detailed catalogues; intricate similes; and speeches with a high degree of rhetorical elegance. However, Lucan's deft mix of humor and horror, of political satire, literary parody, history, and epic is entirely his own.Jane Wilson Joyce's superb translation conveys the drama and poetry of the original. Her use of natural English rhythms in a loose six-beat line comes close to matching the original Latin hexameters, wile her language preserves Lucan's sequence of images. An enlightening introduction, notes, and a full glossary augment the translation
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501731938
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501731938
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