Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, 39 – April 30, 65) was a Roman epic poet, whose meteoric career at the court of Nero ended with his suicide at the age of 25. His only surviving work, the Pharsalia, deals with the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey. His name is often given in the anglicized form Lucan.
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English quotations are taken from the translation by J. D. Duff, Lucan (London: Heinemann, 1962)
- In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebus
crescendi posuere modum.- Great things come crashing down upon themselves – such is the limit of growth ordained by heaven for success.
- Book I, line 81.
- Stat magni nominis umbra.
- The mere shadow of a mighty name he stood.
- Book I, line 135.
- Of Pompey the Great.
- Sed non in Caesare tantum
nomen erat nec fama ducis, sed nescia virtus
stare loco, solusque pudor non vincere bello.- But Caesar had more than a mere name and military reputation: his energy could never rest, and his one disgrace was to conquer without war.
- Book I, line 143.
- Sed Caesar in omnia praeceps,
nil actum credens, cum quid superesset agendum.- But Caesar, headlong in all his designs, thought nothing done while anything remained to do.
- Book II, line 656.
- Quidquid multis peccatur inultum est.
- The sin of thousands always goes unpunished.
- Book V, line 260.
- Multos in summa pericula misit
venturi timor ipse mali.- But many are driven to utmost peril by the mere dread of coming danger.
- Book VII, line 104.
- Coniunx
est mihi, sunt nati; dedimus tot pignora fatis.- I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune.
- Book VII, line 661.
