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Title: Civil War by Lucan, Susan H. Braund ISBN: 0-19-283949-7 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: "Gore, War, and Monumental Verse"
Comment: Lucan, the author of the full-throated but incomplete epic the "Civil War", certainly deserves a spot next to the great Latin poets Ovid, Horace, and Virgil, whose epic works mark the pinnacle eloquence and intelligence of Latin verse. The epic was written during the reign of Nero in the first century AD, and it is characterized by its vehement condemnation of civil war and imperialistic sentiments--this possibly caused Lucan's later fall out of Nero's favor. The primary characters in the epic are Julius Caesar, who is portrayed as a destructive warmonger, and Pompey (Magnus), who is described as ambitious and over his prime. The vivid descriptions of the wars in this work are exciting and at the same time sobering since Lucan's narrative never fails to reveal those attributes of civil war which invoke the most disturbing of feelings. For all this, Lucan's "Civil War" is recommended, and also because the Oxford World Classics always present reliable translations, and this particular edition retains Lucan's charming and long-winded verse that courses so smoothly through the hearts and minds reader's who are fortunate enough to come into contact with it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another version of Lucan
Comment: If I had known it was another translation of Lucan, I would not have ordered it, BUT I would have made a mistake. This work has a better translation for the modern reader, and lots of good supporting information. Some of the comparisons I made with other versions make me wish I had this ten years ago. The notes are worth the price of the book!
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Title: The Sixteen Satires (Penguin Classics) by Juvenal, Peter Green, Wendell Vernon Clausen ISBN: 0140447040 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Tacitus: The Annals of Imperial Rome by Cornelius Tacitus, Michael Grant ISBN: 0140440607 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: June, 1956 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Metamorphoses (Oxford World's Classics) by Ovid, A. D. Melville, E. J. Kenney ISBN: 019283472X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Caesar: The Civil Wars (Lcl No. 39) by Julius Caesar, A. G. Peskett ISBN: 0674990439 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: December, 1984 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme ISBN: 0192803204 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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