Plenus litteris Lucanus
Subtitle: zur Rezeption der horazischen Oden und Epoden in Lucans Bellum civile
By: Daniel Groß
Series: Litora Classica -- 3; Litora classica -- Bd. 3.
Publisher: VML Verlag Marie Leidorf
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Rahden/Westfalen
Language: ger; lat
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9783867574730
Subjects: Pharsalia (Lucan)
Description: Lucan's reception of Horace escaped scholarly notice, since it transcended the literature genres of lyrics and epics. Not only Virgil's Aeneid, but also Horace's lyrics were potent intertexts of Lucan's epic. Apart from the congruent themes of Bellum Civile and the civil war poems by Horace there are also Horatian phrasings, themes, and thoughts throughout the entire epic. The predominant issues of Augustan literature such as civil war, the conflict of duty and love, Romulus and Remus, Troy, and the dichotomy city vs. country are treated with reference to the models of Virgil, Ovid, Livy, and Horace. This provides Lucan's recipients with a clue as to the interpretation of his rather inaccessible work. The references are used for the destruction of Augustan myths and interpretation of history as well as the establishment of Lucan's new Roman founding myth.
Notes: Author's dissertation--Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Main, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In German, includes some passages in Latin.