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Lucan (39–65)

Lucan—Marcus Annæus Lucanus (lö’kän). A Latin poet, nephew of Seneca; born at Cordova, Spain, 39 A.D.; died at Rome, 65 A.D. His uncle introduced him to the court of Nero, and for a time he was a favorite; but Nero envied his poetic talents and banished him from court. His epic poem ‘Pharsalia’ has for its subject the great battle between Cæsar and Pompey at Pharsalus; in style it is stilted, labored, and rhetorical, yet it shows undoubted poetic talent and nobility of thought.

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