Lucan's Egyptian Civil WarJonathan Tracy.
Tracy, Jonathan.
Lucan's Egyptian Civil WarJonathan Tracy. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (306 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The comforts of distance; Part One: Pompey in Egypt; 1 See Pompey run; 2 The fatal case for Egypt; 3 Memphis versus Alexandria; Part Two: Caesar in Egypt; 4 A pilgrim's progress?; 5 The context of Acoreus; 6 The lessons of Acoreus; 7 Memphis versus Alexandria II; Conclusion: From seclusion to solidarity; Bibliography; Index of names; Index of passages
Explores how a cultural clash between traditional Pharaonic and latter-day Ptolemaic Egypt is used to mirror the Roman civil war.
9781316129234
Lucan, 39-65 -- --Criticism and interpretation.
Electronic Books.
PA6480 / .L833 2014
Lucan's Egyptian Civil WarJonathan Tracy. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (306 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The comforts of distance; Part One: Pompey in Egypt; 1 See Pompey run; 2 The fatal case for Egypt; 3 Memphis versus Alexandria; Part Two: Caesar in Egypt; 4 A pilgrim's progress?; 5 The context of Acoreus; 6 The lessons of Acoreus; 7 Memphis versus Alexandria II; Conclusion: From seclusion to solidarity; Bibliography; Index of names; Index of passages
Explores how a cultural clash between traditional Pharaonic and latter-day Ptolemaic Egypt is used to mirror the Roman civil war.
9781316129234
Lucan, 39-65 -- --Criticism and interpretation.
Electronic Books.
PA6480 / .L833 2014