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Lucan, Pharsalia, 10.329-10.333


nanA sure abode; by Him who framed the world Fixed with the Universe. "And, Roman, thou, In thirsting thus to know the source of NileDost as the Pharian and Persian kings And those of Macedon; nor any age Refused the secret, but the place prevailed Remote by nature. Greatest of the kings By Memphis worshipped, Alexander grudged To Nile its mystery, and to furthest earth Sent chosen Ethiops whom the crimson zone


nanStayed in their further march, while flowed his stream Warm at their feet. Sesostris westward far Reached, to the ends of earth; and necks of kings Bent 'neath his chariot yoke: but of the springs Which fill your rivers, Rhone and Po, he drank. Not of the fount of Nile. Cambyses king In madman quest led forth his host to where The long-lived races dwell: then famine struck, Ate of his dead and, Nile unknown, returned. No lying rumour of thy hidden source


nanStayed in their further march, while flowed his stream Warm at their feet. Sesostris westward far Reached, to the ends of earth; and necks of kings Bent 'neath his chariot yoke: but of the springs Which fill your rivers, Rhone and Po, he drank. Not of the fount of Nile. Cambyses king In madman quest led forth his host to where The long-lived races dwell: then famine struck, Ate of his dead and, Nile unknown, returned. No lying rumour of thy hidden source


nanStayed in their further march, while flowed his stream Warm at their feet. Sesostris westward far Reached, to the ends of earth; and necks of kings Bent 'neath his chariot yoke: but of the springs Which fill your rivers, Rhone and Po, he drank. Not of the fount of Nile. Cambyses king In madman quest led forth his host to where The long-lived races dwell: then famine struck, Ate of his dead and, Nile unknown, returned. No lying rumour of thy hidden source


nanStayed in their further march, while flowed his stream Warm at their feet. Sesostris westward far Reached, to the ends of earth; and necks of kings Bent 'neath his chariot yoke: but of the springs Which fill your rivers, Rhone and Po, he drank. Not of the fount of Nile. Cambyses king In madman quest led forth his host to where The long-lived races dwell: then famine struck, Ate of his dead and, Nile unknown, returned. No lying rumour of thy hidden source


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

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1. Cicero, On Laws, 2.39 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2. Cicero, Philippicae, 2 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

3. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.176-15.185 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

4. Strabo, Geography, 17.1.2 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

17.1.2. He says, that the Nile is distant from the Arabian Gulf towards the west 1000 stadia, and that it resembles (in its course) the letter N reversed. For after flowing, he says, about 2700 stadia from Meroe towards the north, it turns again to the south, and to the winter sunset, continuing its course for about 3700 stadia, when it is almost in the latitude of the places about Meroe. Then entering far into Africa, and having made another bend, it flows towards the north, a distance of 5300 stadia, to the great cataract; and inclining a little to the east, traverses a distance of 1200 stadia to the smaller cataract at Syene, and 5300 stadia more to the sea.Two rivers empty themselves into it, which issue out of some lakes towards the east, and encircle Meroe, a considerable island. One of these rivers is called Astaboras, flowing along the eastern side of the island. The other is the Astapus, or, as some call it, Astasobas. But the Astapus is said to be another river, which issues out of some lakes on the south, and that this river forms nearly the body of the (stream of the) Nile, which flows in a straight line, and that it is filled by the summer rains; that above the confluence of the Astaboras and the Nile, at the distance of 700 stadia, is Meroe, a city having the same name as the island; and that there is another island above Meroe, occupied by the fugitive Egyptians, who revolted in the time of Psammitichus, and are called Sembritae, or foreigners. Their sovereign is a queen, but they obey the king of Meroe.The lower parts of the country on each side Meroe, along the Nile towards the Red Sea, are occupied by Megabari and Blemmyes, who are subject to the Ethiopians, and border upon the Egyptians; about the sea are Troglodytae. The Troglodytae, in the latitude of Meroe, are distant ten or twelve days' journey from the Nile. On the left of the course of the Nile live Nubae in Libya, a populous nation. They begin from Meroe, and extend as far as the bends (of the river). They are not subject to the Ethiopians, but live independently, being distributed into several sovereignties.The extent of Egypt along the sea, from the Pelusiac to the Canobic mouth, is 1300 stadia.Such is the account of Eratosthenes.
5. Juvenal, Satires, 1.95, 1.138-1.141 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

6. Lucan, Pharsalia, 6.449-6.450, 6.810-6.811, 7.770-7.776, 7.785-7.786, 7.852, 8.713-8.742, 8.746-8.753, 8.755-8.793, 8.820-8.822, 8.831-8.833, 8.835-8.837, 8.843-8.846, 9.1-9.18, 9.64, 9.153-9.154, 9.1010-9.1104, 10.110-10.128, 10.130-10.131, 10.136-10.174, 10.180-10.328, 10.330-10.333 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

7. Plutarch, Lucullus, 41.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Silius Italicus, Punica, 15.92-15.97, 15.123-15.127 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

9. Statius, Siluae, 1.6.38, 1.6.43-1.6.44, 1.6.46-1.6.50, 3.2.101-3.2.126 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

10. Pliny The Younger, Panegyric, 49.6 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
abatos, burial place of osiris Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89
acoreus Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
acoreus in lucan Williams, The Cosmic Viewpoint: A Study of Seneca's 'Natural Questions' (2012) 119, 120
aeneas Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
alexander the great, model for viri militares Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
antony (marcus antonius) Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
assimilated in rome, emblematic of egyptian theriomorphism Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
caesar (caius iulius caesar), foiled by acoreus Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 94, 95
caesar (julius) Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
capua, decadence in Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
carmina conuiuialia, greco-roman ethos of Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
carthage Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
celer, maecius, protégé of isis Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
ciuilitas Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
civil war Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90, 94, 95, 215
cleopatra Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
cleopatra vii, hostess to caesar Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 94
comitas Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
conviviality, abuses of Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
cosmopolitanism, flavian Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
cupido, desire for the nile and egypt Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
dido Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
egypt, pharaonic Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90, 91
egypt, prize for viri militares Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
egypt, ptolemaic Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 91
egypt, tourist destination Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
evokes alexander the great Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
evokes roman civil war Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
fides / fides Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
geography Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 91, 95
guest-friendship in egypt, and lucans pompey Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 91
hannibal, in capua Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
hospitality, greco-roman Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
libya, libyan Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89
logos, logoi, and statius Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
luxuria, in capua Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
memphis, birthplace of lucans acoreus Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 91
memphis, symbolizes pre-roman egypt Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89, 90, 91, 94
meroe, capital of ancient ethiopia Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89
metanarrative perspectives Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 94, 95
modestia' Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
nile, and migrations Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90
nile, begins in ethiopia Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90
nile, cataracts of the Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89, 90
nile, delta (mouths of the nile) Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90, 91
nile, divine and human realms Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 95
nile, familiar and unfamiliar experiences Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90, 91, 215
nile, hostile Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89
nile, indifferent Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89, 90, 91, 94, 95
nile, inundation (flood) of the Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90
nile, mystery Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90
nile, past and present Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90, 91, 94, 95, 215
nile, river, source of Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
nile, tiber Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 95
osiris, egyptian deity Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
pelusium, mouth of the nile Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89, 90, 91, 215
philae, island on the nile Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89, 90
pliny the elder, and egyptian deities Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
pompey Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
pompey (gnaeus pompeius magnus), defines egypt and the nile Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89, 215
pompey (gnaeus pompeius magnus), in statius silvae Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
punic wars, second Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
red sea Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89, 90
revisionism, of egypt and the nile Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
rivers, literary and philosophic metaphors Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 90
scipio africanus, meeting with virtus and voluptas Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
silius italicus, the power of lyre and music in Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
syene, southern border of egypt Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 89, 90
teuthras Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 269
tombs, of alexander the great Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
tombs, of cleopatra Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215
tombs, of pompey Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 215