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Lucan's Egyptian Civil War Tracy, Jonathan (University of Toronto)
Lucan's Egyptian Civil War
Tracy, Jonathan (University of Toronto)
Explores how the epic poet Lucan employs the cultural clash between traditional Pharaonic and latter-day Ptolemaic Egypt as a means of reflecting on the tensions within Roman society (conservatism vs. Caesarism), on the relationship between science and politics, and on potential avenues of resistance to the emperor Nero.
302 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 22, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107072077 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 302 |
| Dimensions | 231 × 158 × 20 mm · 614 g |
| Language | English |