Some men in this work are ordered to destroy a grove sacred to Pan, but they refuse on the grounds that they believes their axes thrown at the trees will ricochet and lop off their necks. One of its central characters knocks on the door of a fisherman for a boat, but that fisherman is pissed because he rattles the roof tiles too much. A Greek man named Argus gets javelined in the groin during a siege on Masilla in this work which sees Sextus witness a prophecy about his father from a soldier who was brought back to life by the necrophiliac witch (*) Erichtho. Suburra is able to fan out Curio's legion, so that King Juba can completely massacre it early on in this work. Near its end, Cleopatra shows a Romantic interest in Julius Caesar, who feigned grief over Pompey'
Some men in this work are ordered to destroy a grove sacred to Pan, but they refuse on the grounds that they believes their axes thrown at the trees will ricochet and lop off their necks. One of its central characters knocks on the door of a fisherman for a boat, but that fisherman is pissed because he rattles the roof tiles too much. A Greek man named Argus gets javelined in the groin during a siege on Masilla in this work which sees Sextus witness a prophecy about his father from a soldier who was brought back to life by the necrophiliac witch (*) Erichtho. Suburra is able to fan out Curio's legion, so that King Juba can completely massacre it early on in this work. Near its end, Cleopatra shows a Romantic interest in Julius Caesar, who feigned grief over Pompey's death. For 10 points, name this epic poem about a Roman Civil War by Lucan. [Ike]
Some men in this work are ordered to destroy a grove sacred to Pan, but they refuse on the grounds that they believes their axes thrown at the trees will ricochet and lop off their necks.
{Pharsalia} or De {Bello Civili} or On the Civil War before mentioned