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Laying it on with a Trowel: The Proem to Lucan and Related Texts

Michael Dewar

Classical Quarterly. (1994) pp. 199-211

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[343 words] passage, atque, virgil, lines, nunc, ovid, ille, vergil, lucan, line, haec, caput, inter, hinc, ipse, terra, passages, silius, sanguine, quem, illa, ante, omnia, arma, mare, manus, tibi, super, caelum, sidera

[320 words] language, words, effect, literary, poet, expression, tone, contrast, speech, passages, reader, manner, poetry, himself, rhetorical, passage, dramatic, prose, poetic, uses, technique, lines, characteristic, theme, writing, treatment, makes, serious, kind, familiar

[297 words] himself, true, truth, matter, criticism, merely, facts, really, real, passage, attempt, false, claim, accept, words, knowledge, belief, enough, regard, prove, makes, error, simply, wrong, statements, critics, surely, actually, serious, take

[233 words] himself, friends, political, personal, public, friend, whom, friendship, attitude, position, reputation, conduct, having, towards, toward, enemies, praise, private, cause, return, influence, claim, speech, charges, power, true, actions, themselves, felt, career

[223 words] role, context, image, contrast, sense, narrative, audience, reader, text, power, language, theme, images, function, traditional, reading, imagery, himself, becomes, makes, central, literary, complex, focus, meaning, perspective, status, level, process, emphasis

[182 words] context, simply, position, hypothesis, argued, text, makes, claim, explain, suggestion, correct, grounds, reasons, alternative, actually, argue, moreover, attempt, surely, obvious, accept, argues, unlikely, enough, issue, sense, passage, presumably, difficulties, plausible

[153 words] tacitus, nero, domitian, vespasian, galba, suetonius, agricola, emperor, titus, otho, vitellius, suet, trajan, reign, pliny, annals, nerva, syme, histories, dialogus, germania, verginius, flavian, principate, imperial, vindex, tacite, maternus, libertas, tacitean

[123 words] statius, hercules, seneca, thyestes, silvae, thebaid, atreus, polynices, theb, octavia, eteocles, tydeus, adrastus, senecan, silv, tragedies, melior, silius, martial, play, jupiter, tantalus, zwierlein, etruscus, epic, duel, phaed, thebes, furens, plays

[90 words] caesar, pompey, lucan, antony, octavian, brutus, cicero, appian, cato, civil_war, pollio, suetonius, antonius, caes, augustus, plutarch, cassius, pompeius, cleopatra, suet, curio, pharsalia, plut, julius_caesar, caesars, domitius, plancus, italy, hirtius, actium

[88 words] ovid, vergil, virgil, poem, poet, poetry, poets, aeneid, poems, epic, metamorphoses, horace, latin, georgics, catullus, fasti, lucan, works, poetic, culex, heroides, lines, ciris, verse, ovidian, lucretius, literary, verses, tristia, amores

[80 words] himself, young, ever, whom, every, your, days, things, mind, wrote, spirit, enough, something, true, famous, friend, words, youth, country, poet, knew, high, become, love, take, poor, name, story, master, living

[61 words] esse, atque, enim, etiam, quid, neque, cicero, eius, nihil, quidem, esset, tamen, nisi, mihi, sibi, quibus, erat, causa, haec, fuit, omnia, modo, quem, autem, omnes, ipse, sine, quis, ille, rerum

[60 words] army, city, military, took, troops, himself, control, power, events, position, situation, policy, force, sent, return, revolt, attack, victory, peace, forces, defeat, action, soon, attempt, success, battle, enemy, became, command, remained

[59 words] tibi, mihi, quid, ovid, nunc, haec, quis, tamen, esse, ille, illa, semper, ipse, erit, sine, quoque, fuit, amor, saepe, nobis, quem, licet, puer, bene, trist, habet, nostra, manus, modo, erat

[52 words] love, himself, fear, anger, passion, moral, violence, suicide, punishment, desire, woman, herself, contrast, suffering, makes, victim, gods, evil, power, pity, shame, fate, situation, grief, cause, violent, behavior, becomes, theme, madness

[47 words] hair, face, body, neck, front, eyes, legs, drapery, heads, lower, shoulder, nose, folds, upper, slightly, forehead, arms, mouth, female, short, shoulders, piece, relief, beard, chiton, broken, ears, behind, feet, wears

[43 words] philosophy, literary, works, influence, philosophical, writers, tradition, greeks, intellectual, knowledge, ideas, writings, education, philosophers, poets, political, early, plato, period, wrote, written, romans, authors, writing, historians, attitude, moral, philosopher, poetry, himself

[43 words] speech, words, himself, speaker, audience, lines, situation, scene, action, address, makes, line, speak, asks, addressed, response, begins, take, effect, immediately, reply, comes, your, speaking, speaks, moment, advice, beginning, passage, questions

[35 words] true, passage, words, merely, matter, position, suppose, regard, name, enough, natural, mention, difficulty, period, prove, having, regarded, himself, except, facts, really, naturally, supposed, definite, makes, assumed, alone, correct, actually, referred

[33 words] moon, stars, aratus, star, earth, planets, astronomical, signs, rising, zodiac, astronomy, ptolemy, comet, venus, sign, manilius, astrology, orion, horoscope, astrological, constellation, setting, pleiades, night, celestial, eclipse, mercury, hours, saturn, constellations

[31 words] symmachus, ausonius, theodosius, plre, seeck, ammianus, libanius, valentinian, comes, sidonius, gratian, epist, gaul, maximus, prefecture, theod, office, prefect, emperor, constantius, chastagnol, paulinus, flavianus, fourth_century, eugenius, notitia, consul, merobaudes, magister, letter

[30 words] claudian, stilicho, honorius, rufinus, theodosius, cons, stilico, arcadius, birt, gildo, eutropius, poet, vollm, alaric, puncto, levy, consulatu, pluto, raptu, arev, prudentius, rufinum, spengel, temporis, panegyricus, goths, claudien, cameron, dracontius, eutr

[27 words] virgil, vergil, theocritus, eclogue, poem, pastoral, poet, georgics, eclogues, song, daphnis, gallus, poetry, idyll, bucolic, lines, tityrus, corydon, menalcas, lycidas, silenus, aristaeus, meliboeus, polyphemus, shepherd, poems, servius, galatea, damoetas, golden_age

[27 words] narrative, events, chapter, section, books, beginning, story, sections, sequence, chapters, begins, follows, passage, composition, theme, structure, digression, followed, lines, opening, introduction, chronological, immediately, treatment, event, division, preceding, arrangement, passages, action

[26 words] julian, ammianus, procopius, emperor, constantinople, justinian, eunapius, zosimus, goths, constantius, libanius, malalas, themistius, jordanes, fables, antioch, cassiodorus, empire, gothic, romans, aesop, barbarians, marcellinus, valens, reign, persian, imperial, ammianus_marcellinus, theodosius, chron

[26 words] horace, juvenal, satire, lucilius, persius, satires, poet, poem, maecenas, satirist, lines, martial, serm, himself, literary, poetry, satura, horatian, epistle, epistles, epist, ars_poetica, poets, nasidienus, sermones, satiric, rudd, umbricius, lucilian, line

[24 words] story, myth, ovid, apollo, stories, myths, version, tale, legend, metamorphoses, narrative, mythological, episode, tradition, phaethon, metamorphosis, versions, rape, daedalus, daughter, told, mythical, birth, theseus, aphrodite, pelops, hymn, zeus, tales, name

[24 words] eyes, thou, your, night, earth, away, heart, thee, blood, forth, love, simile, sleep, beauty, tears, mind, poet, lines, heaven, hands, comes, words, gods, song, water, face, sound, passage, dark, sweet

[23 words] word, meaning, sense, words, term, uses, phrase, passage, mean, context, passages, usage, applied, verb, expression, refer, language, refers, meanings, adjective, idea, meant, equivalent, elsewhere, describe, latin, technical, epithet, definition, simply

[23 words] cicero, quintilian, orator, rhetorical, rhetoric, oratory, speech, brutus, de_oratore, cato, orat, speeches, quint, latin, ciceronian, eloquence, gellius, dialogue, orators, seneca, crassus, declamation, antonius, rhet, brut, calvus, oratorical, herennium, auctor, laelius

[21 words] augustus, temple, jupiter, cult, emperor, caesar, augustan, mars, triumph, gods, ludi, victory, venus, dedication, romulus, octavian, dedicated, juno, statue, divine, altar, fasti, games, augusti, title, livia, apollo, genius, imperial, divus

[20 words] aeneas, vergil, aeneid, virgil, dido, turnus, troy, anchises, trojans, juno, epic, venus, poem, jupiter, trojan, italy, hero, servius, latinus, carthage, poet, episode, mezentius, words, future, simile, books, story, ascanius, lines

[18 words] achilles, iliad, hector, agamemnon, homer, troy, ajax, odysseus, patroclus, priam, homeric, diomedes, trojans, greeks, nestor, battle, hero, trojan, heroes, thetis, poet, menelaus, zeus, achilleus, epic, warrior, achaeans, heroic, fight, hektor

[16 words] propertius, poem, ovid, tibullus, elegy, poet, love, cynthia, lover, poems, elegiac, poetry, elegies, amores, erotic, lines, gallus, amor, prop, sulpicia, mistress, poetic, line, venus, puella, himself, girl, lovers, amatory, amoris

[16 words] your, something, take, things, thing, enough, done, really, anything, himself, look, mind, mean, away, going, want, keep, matter, sort, every, kind, doing, else, tell, suppose, having, ever, words, help, understand

[15 words] source, text, sources, passage, information, works, passages, written, version, fragments, name, authors, quoted, tradition, literary, mention, fragment, extant, books, himself, wrote, early, writers, title, commentary, quotations, texts, derived, knowledge, collection

[15 words] soul, body, plotinus, plato, matter, intellect, souls, timaeus, universe, evil, divine, doctrine, things, intelligible, principle, bodies, cosmos, power, proclus, demiurge, cause, passage, forms, platonic, nous, sense, idea, rational, myth, immortal

[14 words] comments, suggestions, helpful, anonymous, help, version, advice, draft, assistance, valuable, referee, express, gratitude, referees, encouragement, professors, provided, reading, criticism, seminar, criticisms, generous, humanities, drafts, grant, colleagues, acknowledge, classics, delivered, errors

[12 words] lucretius, epicurus, epicurean, bailey, de_rerum_natura, poem, poet, epicureans, venus, lucretian, philodemus, fear, passage, lines, munro, atoms, lucr, memmius, natura, epicureanism, poetry, proem, diogenes, mind, gods, rerum, giussani, philosophy, hermarchus, reader

[12 words] text, translation, edition, volume, introduction, books, pages, commentary, illustrations, translations, works, index, volumes, useful, page, maps, texts, english, chapter, editions, latin, reader, translated, contains, authors, chapters, excellent, review, scholarship, full

[11 words] tiberius, tacitus, augustus, claudius, germanicus, suetonius, gaius, emperor, nero, drusus, agrippina, suet, piso, agrippa, senate, livia, velleius, caligula, reign, sejanus, princeps, annals, syme, corbulo, principate, julia, imperial, silanus, historian, gallus

[11 words] analysis, sources, understanding, individual, information, context, questions, literary, texts, development, role, provide, structure, aspects, early, basic, complex, traditional, range, provides, data, function, significant, patterns, process, useful, pattern, attempt, limited, techniques

[11 words] passage, sense, text, meaning, sentence, words, word, reading, phrase, line, mean, translation, clause, context, lines, follows, editors, refer, difficulty, verb, makes, emendation, take, refers, preceding, expression, passages, correct, understood, translates

[10 words] berkeley, trans, essays, leiden, commentary, los_angeles, ithaca, mass, baltimore, early, politics, ancient_greece, myth, tapa, tradition, clarendon_press, amsterdam, introduction, vols, phoenix, greece, diss, ann_arbor, stuttgart, origins, reading, arethusa, review, routledge, rhetoric

[9 words] edition, scholia, text, codex, manuscripts, manuscript, saec, editions, libri, readings, bibl, parisinus, teubner, moschopulean, scaliger, aiax, dindorf, printed, codices, stephanus, turyn, commentary, moschopulus, scholium, collated, contains, vita, collation, vaticanus, leiden

[9 words] hesych, aesch, arist, anon, pind, crusius, aristoph, soph, anth, pelagonius, migne, frag, petr, medial, compounds, physiog, pseud, hipp, polycrat, adamant, anthol, carm, kock, prov, herodian, schol, greg, menand, plat, adesp

[8 words] animals, animal, birds, fish, bird, dogs, sheep, species, eagle, hunting, fable, goat, lion, wild, beasts, goats, pliny, wolf, cattle, swallow, creatures, hunt, deer, bones, lions, cock, young, aristotle, nightingale, simile

[7 words] latin, english, language, teacher, student, reading, teachers, teaching, pupils, words, vocabulary, knowledge, pupil, translation, method, classics, grammar, schools, training, learning, taught, education, teach, learn, value, instruction, every, high_school, languages, ability

[7 words] disease, medical, plague, medicine, doctor, physician, patient, diseases, symptoms, health, celsus, cure, doctors, illness, epidemic, thucydides, cause, fever, body, treatment, asclepius, sick, healing, patients, physicians, smallpox, regimen, drugs, typhus, hippocratic

[6 words] gods, zeus, divine, hesiod, prometheus, earth, hera, apollo, power, justice, prayer, mortal, hermes, athena, mortals, theogony, heaven, muses, goddess, myth, poseidon, poet, olympus, aphrodite, homer, fate, birth, divinity, dike, passage

[6 words] agora, lamps, hesperia, amphora, thompson, athens, pottery, hellenistic, amphoras, terracotta, athenian_agora, attic, deposit, lamp, early, corinthian, corinth, stamp, stamped, _4th_century, stamps, clay, bowls, fragments, handles, _2nd_century, jars, terracottas, _3rd_century, pieces

[5 words] alexander, arrian, macedonian, philip, king, curtius, diodorus, diod, tarn, ptolemy, macedonians, antigonus, plutarch, macedonia, alexander_the_great, demetrius, curt, royal, plut, olympias, antipater, alex, persian, eumenes, justin, sources, darius, perdiccas, bosworth, hammond

[5 words] words, latin, language, sound, vowel, pronunciation, word, vowels, sounds, syllable, speech, spelling, consonant, consonants, forms, phonetic, english, accent, pronounced, syllables, languages, written, initial, linguistic, short, dialect, dialects, pitch, writing, alphabet

[5 words] political, power, democracy, city, politics, citizens, rule, government, democratic, polis, laws, constitution, community, republic, aristocratic, empire, individual, freedom, ideal, aristocracy, citizen, economic, wealth, control, monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, states, athens, institutions

[5 words] latin, proceedings, review, volume, boston, weekly, american_philological_association, frank, charles, title, classical_philology, henry, translation, books, oldfather, edition, english, publications, philological, moore, gildersleeve, horace, edward, cloth, smith, entitled, fowler, scott, session, cicero

[5 words] lines, line, words, verse, repetition, word, verses, phrase, position, pattern, beginning, structure, formula, sentence, repeated, effect, phrases, emphasis, metrical, poem, adjective, sense, verbal, clause, caesura, arrangement, passage, verb, preceding, formulae

[5 words] horse, horses, chariot, rider, chariots, charioteer, wheel, mules, donkey, mule, animal, animals, donkeys, reins, wheels, riders, driver, riding, charioteers, yoke, vehicle, pole, speed, quadriga, mares, equids, mane, mounted, breeding, oxen