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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan (/ ˈ l uː k ən /), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day Córdoba, Spain). He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, known in particular for his epic Pharsalia .
All grown up, Lucan (Kevin Brophy) leaves to find his family, but not all are convinced that he won't revert to his wild ways. A boy, raised by wolves, is found at the age of ten. He is named Lucan and sent to a scientific institution to become civilized.
Lucan was a Roman poet and republican patriot whose historical epic, the Bellum civile, better known as the Pharsalia because of its vivid account of that battle, is remarkable as the single major Latin epic poem that eschewed the intervention of the gods.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, or Lucan (LEW-kuhn), was one of the foremost writers of the Latin Silver Age of literature. He is generally regarded as the most significant author of verse...
Lucan was a Roman epic poet during the reign of Emporor Nero. Despite his short life, he is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Age of Latin literature, and his youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets.
De Bello Civili ( Latin pronunciation: [deː ˈbɛlloː kiːˈwiːliː]; On the Civil War ), more commonly referred to as the Pharsalia, is a Roman epic poem written by the poet Lucan, detailing the civil war between Julius Caesar and the forces of the Roman Senate led by Pompey the Great.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, 39 C.E. – April 30, 65 C.E. ), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (present-day Córdoba, Spain), in the Hispania Baetica.
Dec 14, 2009 · Lucan was one of the major successors of Virgil in the genre of Latin epic poetry. In turn, he exercised a strong influence on later European epic and was seen as inspirational to anti-monarchists.
Nov 6, 2015 · Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 CE), grandson of Seneca the Elder and nephew of Seneca the Younger, was a Roman statesman and Latin poet. Born in Corduba, he came to Rome as an infant and later held the positions of quaestor and augur.
Mar 28, 2008 · Petronius' classicistic reaction to Lucan's Stoic epic, the Bellum civile, foreshadows the later response: why the neglect of convention, the disregard for precedent, the carelessness about poetry?
