Stimulos Dedit Aemula Virtus
Lucan and Homer Reconsidered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3938051 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C M C Green (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 230 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1088793 |
| OpenAlex | W2320015466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
THE LITERARY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN Lucan and Homer is a vexed question, and, despite considerable scholarly effort, apparently not a very profitable one. Yet Lucan himself makes his ambitions as an epic poet very clear in Book 9 of the Pharsalia. In this justly famous passage, Caesar, having left the battlefield of Pharsalia and the rotting piles of corpses, interrupts his pursuit of Pompey through the east with a stop at Troy to tour the ruins
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |