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This book explores Lucan's highly original deployment of contradictory Greco-Roman stereotypes about Egypt (utopian vs. xenophobic) as a means of reflecting on the violent tensions within his own society (conservatism vs. Caesarism). Lucan shows the two distinct facets of first-…
Explores how a cultural clash between traditional Pharaonic and latter-day Ptolemaic Egypt is used to mirror the Roman civil war.
This book explores Lucan's highly original deployment of contradictory Greco-Roman stereotypes about Egypt (utopian vs. xenophobic) as a means of reflecting on the violent tensions within his own society (conservatism vs. Caesarism). Lucan shows the two distinct facets of first-…
Explores how a cultural clash between traditional Pharaonic and latter-day Ptolemaic Egypt is used to mirror the Roman civil war.
Introduction: The comforts of distance -- Part one: Pompey in Egypt -- See Pompey run -- The fatal case for Egypt -- Memphis versus Alexandria -- Part two: Caesar in Egypt -- A pilgrim's progress? -- The context of Acoreus -- The lessons of Acoreus -- Memphis versus Alexandria I…