Pharsalia

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333 pages

English language

Published May 8, 1993 by Cornell University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-8014-2907-1
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reviewed Pharsalia by Lucan (Masters of Latin literature)

i don't know anything about history, i just crave violence.

this was my first real foray into classical roman literature, read along with the pharsalia book club on discord. while i may have been a bit shaky on the historical background, i found myself of solid footing with all the blood and guts and violence and ghosts and snakes. that stuff is as cool today as it was 2000 years ago.

minus one star because lucan didn't even finish the book. what, did you die or something, pussy?

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Review of 'Pharsalia' on 'Storygraph'

Oof, my hatred for Melyn rises even higher in this book. Okay, to be honest, before I didn’t really hated him. Well, I did, but I couldn’t care much about him, he was rather just annoying. Now, I begin to rather hate him. He’s still annoying and so selfish, argh, it makes reading his passages sometimes hard. I really hope he gets what he deserves at the end.

Other than that, I’m glad Beulah got her magic back. Even though I’m on Benfro’s, Errol’s and Iolwen’s side, I could relate to Beulah being annoyed that a simple pregnancy took away her magic. I’ve never even been pregnant myself, but I guess I can imagine how annoying that must be. And, no, i don’t want her to regain the throne, but I’m simply glad she got her magic back.

Subjects

  • Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C. -- Poetry.
  • Epic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English.
  • Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C. -- Poetry.