![]() ![]() The narrative summarizes background material leading up to the present war and introduces Caesar in northern Italy. Before their falling out, while he was writing the early books of the poem, they were close friends and the first part of Nero’s reign was seen by many as ideal, peaceful and just. But Susan Braund (translator of the Oxford University Press edition of the Pharsalia) sees no reason to. ![]() Considering that Nero had Lucan killed, some critics read this as deeply ironic. Book 1 The civil war begins (695 lines)Īfter a brief introduction lamenting the idea of Romans fighting Romans there is a flattering dedication to Nero (‘to me you are already divine…you alone grant power to Roman verse’). Kline’s online translation, and then added my own observations. In this book-by-book summary of Lucan’s Pharsalia, I started with the short text summaries provided by Wikipedia, pasted in the section summaries provided by A.S. ![]()
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