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Lucan, Pharsalia, 8.855-8.862
nan Nor that the smoke rise heavenward from his pyre With eastern odours rich; nor that the necks Of pious Romans bear him to the tomb, Their parent; while the forums shall resound With dirges; nor that triumphs won of yore Be borne before him; nor for sorrowing hosts To cast their weapons forth. Some little shell He begs as for the meanest, laid in which His mutilated corse may reach the flame. Grudge not his misery the pile of wood
nan Nor that the smoke rise heavenward from his pyre With eastern odours rich; nor that the necks Of pious Romans bear him to the tomb, Their parent; while the forums shall resound With dirges; nor that triumphs won of yore Be borne before him; nor for sorrowing hosts To cast their weapons forth. Some little shell He begs as for the meanest, laid in which His mutilated corse may reach the flame. Grudge not his misery the pile of wood
nan Nor that the smoke rise heavenward from his pyre With eastern odours rich; nor that the necks Of pious Romans bear him to the tomb, Their parent; while the forums shall resound With dirges; nor that triumphs won of yore Be borne before him; nor for sorrowing hosts To cast their weapons forth. Some little shell He begs as for the meanest, laid in which His mutilated corse may reach the flame. Grudge not his misery the pile of wood
nan Nor that the smoke rise heavenward from his pyre With eastern odours rich; nor that the necks Of pious Romans bear him to the tomb, Their parent; while the forums shall resound With dirges; nor that triumphs won of yore Be borne before him; nor for sorrowing hosts To cast their weapons forth. Some little shell He begs as for the meanest, laid in which His mutilated corse may reach the flame. Grudge not his misery the pile of wood
nan Nor that the smoke rise heavenward from his pyre With eastern odours rich; nor that the necks Of pious Romans bear him to the tomb, Their parent; while the forums shall resound With dirges; nor that triumphs won of yore Be borne before him; nor for sorrowing hosts To cast their weapons forth. Some little shell He begs as for the meanest, laid in which His mutilated corse may reach the flame. Grudge not his misery the pile of wood
nan Lit by this menial hand. Is't not enough That his Cornelia with dishevelled hair Weeps not beside him at his obsequies, Nor with a last embrace shall place the torch Beneath her husband dead, but on the deep Hard by still wanders?" Burning from afar He sees the pyre of some ignoble youth Deserted of his own, with none to guard: And quickly drawing from beneath the limbs Some glowing logs, "Whoe'er thou art," he said
nan Lit by this menial hand. Is't not enough That his Cornelia with dishevelled hair Weeps not beside him at his obsequies, Nor with a last embrace shall place the torch Beneath her husband dead, but on the deep Hard by still wanders?" Burning from afar He sees the pyre of some ignoble youth Deserted of his own, with none to guard: And quickly drawing from beneath the limbs Some glowing logs, "Whoe'er thou art," he said
nan Lit by this menial hand. Is't not enough That his Cornelia with dishevelled hair Weeps not beside him at his obsequies, Nor with a last embrace shall place the torch Beneath her husband dead, but on the deep Hard by still wanders?" Burning from afar He sees the pyre of some ignoble youth Deserted of his own, with none to guard: And quickly drawing from beneath the limbs Some glowing logs, "Whoe'er thou art," he said

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1. Lucan, Pharsalia, 1.19-1.20, 1.128, 3.197-3.200, 6.474, 6.810-6.811, 7.825-7.834, 8.281, 8.444-8.447, 8.465, 8.477-8.478, 8.498, 8.525-8.526, 8.542-8.544, 8.559, 8.713-8.742, 8.746-8.753, 8.755-8.793, 8.820-8.822, 8.832, 8.835-8.837, 8.843-8.846, 8.856-8.862, 8.871-8.872, 9.1-9.18, 9.133-9.135, 9.266, 9.413, 9.705, 9.752, 9.816, 9.1092, 9.1101-9.1102, 10.80, 10.142 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
alexandria	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
anger, divine	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
anger, in roman epic	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
braund, susanna	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
caesar, julius, favored by fortuna	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
civil war	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
epic poetry, roman	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
francken, c. m.	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
geography	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 45
housman, a. e.	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
imagining, imagination	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 57
ira/irasci, and pompey	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
italy	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 45
jupiter (also zeus)	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 57
lucan	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
murder, of pompey	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
nile, inundation (flood) of the	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 45
nile, sources of the	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 45
pelusium, mouth of the nile	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 45, 57
pompey, death of	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
pompey (gnaeus pompeius magnus), defines egypt and the nile	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 45
pompey (gnaeus pompeius magnus), escapes the nile in lucan	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 57
prevents caesars murder in lucan'	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 57
rivers, literary and philosophic metaphors	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 45
shackleton bailey, d. r.	Braund and Most, Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) 247
stoicism, roman	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 57
tombs, of pompey	Manolaraki, Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus (2012) 57