A voice in this poem promises the audience that "one stroke of the sword and all the world is yours." A man amputates his own arm because of, and his friend's head literally melts from, venom during a possibly-unrealistic snake attack late in this poem. The first English-language translator of this poem, Thomas May, extended its story in his Contin
A voice in this poem promises the audience that "one stroke of the sword and all the world is yours." A man amputates his own arm because of, and his friend's head literally melts from, venom during a possibly-unrealistic snake attack late in this poem. The first English-language translator of this poem, Thomas May, extended its story in his Continuation. In this poem, Appius accepts the long-dormant Delphic oracle's prophecy that he will receive "the hollow in the coast / Of vast Euboea," unaware that it refers to his grave. The witch Erictho reanimates a corpse and interrogates it about soldiers in the afterlife in this poem. The base of the Confederate Memorial quotes this poem's line "the winning cause pleased the gods, but the losing cause pleased (*) Cato." This poem begins with the protagonist crossing the Rubicon and ends with him avenging the Pharaoh-ordered decapitation of the loser of the title battle. This poem is incomplete because Nero forced its author to commit suicide. For 10 points, name this epic poem about the conflict between Caesar and Pompey, written by Lucan.
A voice in this poem promises the audience that "one stroke of the sword and all the world is yours.
Pharsalia [or De Bello Civili; or Bellum Civile; or On the Civil War; or The Civil War]