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Monica L. Matthews

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Description:This commentary on a part of book 5 of Lucan’s ‘historical epic’ poem De Bello Civili aims to provide the reader with as thorough an analysis as possible of literary and historical points of interest within the text and so to facilitate a fuller understanding and appreciation of one of the most important episodes in the poem, Julius Caesar’s failed attempt to cross the Adriatic in the midst of a great storm.It examines how the episode contributes to the long tradition of epic storm narratives dating back to Homer and also how it contributes to the wider themes of the poem as a whole, in particular to Lucan’s portrayal of Caesar.A line-by-line commentary is combined with longer notes summarizing issues of particular importance. Such issues the influence of Roman love-poetry in the depiction of the relationship between Caesar and his men, Lucan’s use of Virgil’s Nisus and Euryalus episode, and the tradition of theoxeny narratives lying behind the scene at the home of the fisherman Amyclas which allows us to view Caesar as ‘playing the part’ of a traditional god or hero.Throughout, Lucan’s engagement with the works of Homer, Virgil (particularly the Aeneid but also the Georgics ), Ovid and Seneca, and the ways in which the lack of a traditional divine machinery in his poem is compensated for are considered.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Caesar and the Storm: A Commentary on Lucan "De Bello Civili, Book 5 lines 476-721. To get started finding Caesar and the Storm: A Commentary on Lucan "De Bello Civili, Book 5 lines 476-721, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This commentary on a part of book 5 of Lucan’s ‘historical epic’ poem De Bello Civili aims to provide the reader with as thorough an analysis as possible of literary and historical points of interest within the text and so to facilitate a fuller understanding and appreciation of one of the most important episodes in the poem, Julius Caesar’s failed attempt to cross the Adriatic in the midst of a great storm.It examines how the episode contributes to the long tradition of epic storm narratives dating back to Homer and also how it contributes to the wider themes of the poem as a whole, in particular to Lucan’s portrayal of Caesar.A line-by-line commentary is combined with longer notes summarizing issues of particular importance. Such issues the influence of Roman love-poetry in the depiction of the relationship between Caesar and his men, Lucan’s use of Virgil’s Nisus and Euryalus episode, and the tradition of theoxeny narratives lying behind the scene at the home of the fisherman Amyclas which allows us to view Caesar as ‘playing the part’ of a traditional god or hero.Throughout, Lucan’s engagement with the works of Homer, Virgil (particularly the Aeneid but also the Georgics ), Ovid and Seneca, and the ways in which the lack of a traditional divine machinery in his poem is compensated for are considered.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Caesar and the Storm: A Commentary on Lucan "De Bello Civili, Book 5 lines 476-721. To get started finding Caesar and the Storm: A Commentary on Lucan "De Bello Civili, Book 5 lines 476-721, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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