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Lucan: De Bello Civili Book VIICambridge Greek and Latin Classics Book VII of Lucan's De Bello Civili recounts the decisive victory of Julius Caesar over Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus on 9 August 48 BCE. Uniquely within Lucan's epic, the entire book is devoted to one event, as the narrator struggles to convey the full horror and significance of Romans fighting against Romans and of the republican defeat. Book VII shows both De Bello Civili and its impassioned, partisan narrator

He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in

the third-longest work in the Aristotelian corpus

When Socrates was executed for 'corrupting the young men'

writers have been more comfortable describing mythical heroines than real ones

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book which covers the funerals following the fierce fighting in Book X and a council of the Latins before they and the Trojans resume battle after the end of the truce

addressing linguistic detail and larger questions of interpretation

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senior and college level

a great work originally consisting of at least twelve books covering the period 69–96 CE

Hera suspects that Zeus might be just as ruthless and cruel as the father they betrayed

and ample annotation fully current with modern scholarship

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