| Description |
1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
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 II -- Conclusion: From seclusion to solidarity. |
| Summary |
Explores how a cultural clash between traditional Pharaonic and latter-day Ptolemaic Egypt is used to mirror the Roman civil war. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lucan, 39-65. Pharsalia -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Pharsalia (Lucan) |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Anciente & Classical. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tracy, Jonathan. Lucan's Egyptian civil war. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014 1107072077 (OCoLC)880861113 |
| ISBN |
9781316130322 (ebook) |
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1316130320 (ebook) |
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9781316129234 (electronic book) |
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1316129233 (electronic book) |
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9781139680332 (electronic book) |
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1139680331 (electronic book) |
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1107072077 |
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9781107072077 |
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9781316131411 |
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1316131416 |
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9781107072077 |
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9781107420656 (paperback) |
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1107420652 |
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