Civil War
Author(s): Lucan
This is a magnificent new translation of the enduring epic about the sundering of the Roman Republic. Lucan lived from 39-65 AD at a time of great turbulence in Rome. His "Civil War" portrays two of the most colourful and powerful figures of the age - Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, enemies in a vicious struggle for power that severed bloodlines and began the transformation of Roman civilization. With Right locked in combat with Might, law and order broke down and the anarchic violence that resulted left its mark on the Roman people forever, paving the way for the imperial monarchy. Accessible and modern yet loyal to the rhetorical brilliance of the original, this will be the definitive Civil War of our times.
General Information
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : 0.36
- : 30 June 2012
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2013
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Lucan
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 873.01
- : 544
More About The Product
"Matthew Fox's new translation of Lucan's poem, together with the introduction, notes, and glossary he co-authored with Ethan Adams, is most welcome. His translation gives us a new look at the poem, and the ancillary materials provide a general audience with necessary social, historical, and literary information...readers will find Fox's spirited, fastpaced rendering a pleasure."---Jane Wilson Joyce, "The New Republic"
-Matthew Fox is Visiting Professor of Classics at Rutgers University. -Ethan Adams is an assistant professor in classics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.
