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De Bello Civili I
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159 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1998
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Lucan
217 books38 followersMarcus Annaeus Lucanus, better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. Despite his short life, he is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets.
A.k.a. Lucain.
A.k.a. Lucain.
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May 24, 2025
Long recognised as a massive influence on the Shakespeare Henry VI plays, Marlowe's translation of the first book of Lucan's Pharsalia/The Civil Wars seems to me to have so many verbal echoes in Shakespeare's later Macbeth that I have a suspicion Shakey had a copy of this translation to hand when he wrote Macbeth. As the book was planned to be printed in 1593, he might even have seen it earlier.
Whether this is true or not, or merely my Macbeth-head is fooling me, this is a propulsive translation of Lucan: Marlowe's "mighty line" really works with Lucan's angry retelling of the pointlessness of this civil war: driven entirely by the arrogance of two men (Caesar and Pompey), destruction, death, chaos and corruption fall on the whole known world.
Well worth a read.
Whether this is true or not, or merely my Macbeth-head is fooling me, this is a propulsive translation of Lucan: Marlowe's "mighty line" really works with Lucan's angry retelling of the pointlessness of this civil war: driven entirely by the arrogance of two men (Caesar and Pompey), destruction, death, chaos and corruption fall on the whole known world.
Well worth a read.
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