Pompey in Cicero's "Correspondence" and Lucan's "Civil war"

✍ Scribed by Vivian L. Holliday

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Year: 1969
Tongue: English
Leaves: 100
Series: Studies in classical literature; 3
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations used in the Notes
I. Introduction
II. Pompeius, Noster Amicus (Correspondence 68–61 B.C.)
III. Levitas, Traductor Ad Plebem, Et Dynastus (Correspondence 60–59 B.C., De Bello Civili 1–10)
IV. Perfidia Pompei (Correspondence 58–49 B.C., De Bello Civili 1–10)
V. Ist um Canto Caesarem ... Pompeio Adsentior (Correspondence 54–49 B.C., De Bello Civili 1–10)
VI. Invalidae Causae ... Emathiae Funesta Dies ... Magni Ruina (Correspondence 49–46 B.C., De Bello Civili 7–9)
VII. Pompeius Magnus (Conclusion)
VIII. Lucan’s Use of Cicero’s Correspondence (Conclusion)
Addendum Summary of “Lucano e Cicerone”
General Index
Texts Cited and Quoted

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