One part of this work speaks of a man "thirsting for battle with hopes inflamed," and another begins with that same figure dealing "no baneful slaughter.
One part of this work speaks of a man "thirsting for battle with hopes inflamed," and another begins with that same figure dealing "no baneful slaughter." Its first stanza mentions "eagle with eagle met" and "spear opposed to spear," and ends with a character being "driven back as he trod the beach" and a reference to "the wall by Epidamnus' fields." It contains the death of Curio and the Witch of Thessalia, and this work's author allegedly recited lines from book three while committing suicide as a result of his role in Piso's conspiracy. An unfinished epic poem in ten surviving books about the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey, FTP, name this best known work of Lucan, titled after a battle that happened in 48 BC.
One part of this work speaks of a man "thirsting for battle with hopes inflamed," and another begins with that same figure dealing "no baneful slaughter.
{Pharsalia} (accept Civil War (Bellum civile) before that phrase is mentioned)