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Lucan, Pharsalia, 3.136


nanOf Saturn's temple hot Metellus saw, Were yielding to the shock, he clove the ranks Of Caesar's troops, and stood before the doors As yet unopened. 'Tis the love of gold Alone that fears not death; no hand is raised For perished laws or violated rights: But for this dross, the vilest cause of all, Men fight and die. Thus did the Tribune bar The victor's road to rapine, and with voice Clear ringing spake: "Save o'er Metellus dead


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1. Lucan, Pharsalia, 1.146, 1.207, 3.5, 3.73, 3.126-3.127, 3.133, 3.142, 3.160, 5.479, 5.578, 5.597-5.677, 10.34 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)



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alexander the great Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
anger,divine Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
anger,in roman epic Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
anger,of caesar Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
animals,in similes Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
caesar,julius,anger of Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
caesar,julius,as anti-odyssean Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 207
caesar,julius,favored by fortuna Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
civil war Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
curio Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
epic poetry,roman Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
homer,model / anti-model for lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 207
ira/irasci,divine Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
ira/irasci,of caesar Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
libya/libyan Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
lucan Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
nostos,as master-trope explored by lucan' Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 207
odysseus Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 207
ovid Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
pharsalus Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248
pompey,death of Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 248