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Lucan, Pharsalia, 1.19-1.20


nanTo sate barbarians with the blood of Rome? Did not the shade of Crassus, wandering still, Cry for his vengeance? Could ye not have spoiled, To deck your trophies, haughty Babylon? Why wage campaigns that send no laurels home? What lands, what oceans might have been the prize Of all the blood thus shed in civil strife! Where Titan rises, where night hides the stars, 'Neath southern noons all quivering with heat, Or where keen frost that never yields to spring


nanIn icy fetters binds the Scythian main: Long since barbarians by the Eastern sea And far Araxes' stream, and those who know (If any such there be) the birth of NileHad felt our yoke. Then, Rome, upon thyself With all the world beneath thee, if thou must, Wage this nefarious war, but not till then. Now view the houses with half-ruined walls Throughout Italian cities; stone from stone Has slipped and lies at length; within the home


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

5 results
1. Homer, Iliad, 1.1, 1.8 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

1.1. /The wrath sing, goddess, of Peleus' son, Achilles, that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the Achaeans, and sent forth to Hades many valiant souls of heroes, and made them themselves spoil for dogs and every bird; thus the plan of Zeus came to fulfillment 1.8. /from the time when first they parted in strife Atreus' son, king of men, and brilliant Achilles.Who then of the gods was it that brought these two together to contend? The son of Leto and Zeus; for he in anger against the king roused throughout the host an evil pestilence, and the people began to perish
2. Lucan, Pharsalia, 1.1-1.4, 1.6-1.18, 1.20-1.23, 1.30-1.32, 1.522-1.668, 1.686, 2.1-2.2, 3.160, 3.169, 3.197, 6.474, 6.810-6.811, 8.281, 8.444-8.447, 8.465, 8.477-8.478, 8.498, 8.525-8.526, 8.542-8.544, 8.559, 8.855-8.859, 8.871-8.872, 9.82, 9.133-9.135, 9.705, 9.1010-9.1104, 10.142, 10.149-10.158, 10.268-10.275 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

3. Valerius Flaccus Gaius, Argonautica, 1.544-1.555

4. Vergil, Aeneis, 6.771-6.776, 8.347-8.350

6.771. In the great Titan bosom; nor will give 6.772. To ever new-born flesh surcease of woe. 6.773. Why name Ixion and Pirithous 6.774. The Lapithae, above whose impious brows 6.775. A crag of flint hangs quaking to its fall 6.776. As if just toppling down, while couches proud 8.347. and strangled him, till o'er the bloodless throat 8.348. the starting eyeballs stared. Then Hercules 8.349. burst wide the doorway of the sooty den 8.350. and unto Heaven and all the people showed
5. Vergil, Eclogues, 4.18-4.20, 4.31-4.35

4.18. hall free the earth from never-ceasing fear. 4.19. He shall receive the life of gods, and see 4.20. heroes with gods commingling, and himself 4.31. caressing flowers. The serpent too shall die 4.32. die shall the treacherous poison-plant, and far 4.33. and wide Assyrian spices spring. But soon 4.34. as thou hast skill to read of heroes' fame 4.35. and of thy father's deeds, and inly learn


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
achilles Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 41
actium,catalyst for the roman perception of egypt Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 48
aeetes Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
agamemnon Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 41
anchoring allusions Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
apostrophe Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 247
argo,as first ship Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
caesar,julius,character in lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 41
civil war Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 48
cleopatra vii,hostess to caesar Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 48
colchis Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
cupido,desire for the nile and egypt Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 48
doliones Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
ennius,model / anti-model for lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 108
ennius,time and space in Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 108
geography Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45, 48
golden age Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
goos Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 247
guest-friendship in egypt,and lucans caesar Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 48
hannibal Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 39, 40, 247
hesperia,as evocative term in the ph. Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 38, 39
hippolytus Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
homer,lucans use of Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 247
homer,model / anti-model for lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 41, 247
homer,reproach in Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 247
imperialism Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 48
iolcus Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
iron age Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
italy Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
jason Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
jupiter Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
lemnos Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
metapoetic diction,minor Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 37
narrator Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 38
nile,delta (mouths of the nile) Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 48
nile,hostile Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 48
nile,inundation (flood) of the Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
nile,sources of the Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
pelusium,mouth of the nile Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45, 48
perses Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
pharsalia,as place and time Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 37, 38, 39
pompey Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 41
pompey (gnaeus pompeius magnus),defines egypt and the nile Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45, 48
populus romanus,as central character in the pharsalia Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 37, 38, 39
primitivism Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
pyrrhus Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 39, 40, 247
rivers,literary and philosophic metaphors Manolaraki (2012), Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, 45
roma,as a character Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 247
saturn Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
space and time in the ph. Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 37, 38, 39, 108
threnos Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 247
valerius flaccus,and apollonius rhodius Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
valerius flaccus,and seneca Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
valerius flaccus,civil war in Augoustakis (2014), Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past, 122; Verhagen (2022), Security and Credit in Roman Law: The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca, 122
violence' Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 41
virgil,as model and anti-model for lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 38