Lucan (Critical Survey of Poetry)
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Thirteen of Lucan’s lost works were known to Vacca, one of his major biographers, living in the sixth century. Vacca implied that these works were still extant; and several of them were confirmed by Suetonius, another biographer. Vacca is clear that the thirteen are minor works compared with the epic on the civil war, Pharsalia, but feels that some, at least, are valuable. The items on Vacca’s list include the Iliacon from the Trojan cycle; the Laudes Neronis; the Orpheus; De incendio urbis, a description of the great fire...
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Pharsalia (Masterplots Classics)Explicating Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)Italian Poetry to 1800 (Topical Overview--Poetry)Spanish Poetry to 1400 (Topical Overview--Poetry)
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