A commentary on Lucan, De bello civili IV introduction, edition and translation / by Paolo Asso.

Author/creator Asso, Paolo, 1965-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : de Gruyter,
Descriptionviii, 333 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Lucan, 39-65. Pharsalia. Liber 4.
Caesar, Julius--In literature.
Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
Rome--History. --Civil War, 49-45 B.C. --Literature and the war.

SeriesTexte und Kommentare : eine altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe ; Bd. 33
Texte und Kommentare ; Bd. 33. ^A770889
Contents Lucan's life and times : vitae and other evidence -- Lucan's antiphrastic epos -- Book IV and its place in the poem -- Language and style -- Diction -- Syntax and word order -- Rhetorical devices -- Meter -- Note on the Latin text -- Conspectus siglorum -- Text and translation -- Commentary -- The Battle of Ilerda -- Mutual suicide : Volteius and the Opitergians -- Curio in Africa.
Subject Lucan's life and times : vitae and other evidence -- Lucan's antiphrastic epos -- Book IV and its place in the poem -- Language and style -- Diction -- Syntax and word order -- Rhetorical devices -- Meter -- Note on the Latin text -- Conspectus siglorum -- Text and translation -- Commentary -- The Battle of Ilerda -- Mutual suicide : Volteius and the Opitergians -- Curio in Africa.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-320) and indexes.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageLatin and English on facing pages, commentary in English.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009050252
ISBN9783110203851 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN3110203855 (hardcover : alk. paper)