Studien zum 9. Buch von Lucans 'Bellum Civile'

In the 9th Book of Lucan s Bellum Civile , the young Cato takes centre stage. With this, the epic also reaches the climax in its representation of Stoic ethics and interpretation of nature. In his commentary on verses 1-733 and three further essays on particular questions, Martin Seewald places particular emphasis on explicating Lucan s paradoxical train of thought and the philosophical and scientific view of the world underlying the historical epic narrative.