Internal Evidence For The Completeness Of The Bellum Civile

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ID20046093
AutoresJonathan Tracy (autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Páginas33-53
Data de publicação2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoCHAPTER
PeriódicoBrill's Companion to Lucan (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004217096_004
OpenAlexW914255515
ISBN9789004217096
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas25

It has been widely assumed that Lucan’s epic is unfinished, primarily because of its abrupt ending. I argue for the poem’s completeness through reference to an internal literary model embedded by Lucan within his final book Ten: the discourse on the Nile by the priest Acoreus. The endings to Acoreus’ speech and to Lucan’s entire poem are closely linked through shared language and motifs (including abruptness), which confirms the intentionality of Lucan’s finale. Furthermore, both Acoreus and Lucan choose to conclude at a point that shows Caesar as vulnerable. Their abrupt terminations thus offer hope for successful resistance against Caesarism

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