Didactic Aggressions in the Nile Excursus of Lucan's Bellum Civile

American Journal of Philology 131 (2):259-284 (2010)
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Abstract

In the Nile excursus of his Bellum Civile (10.172-333), Lucan portrays Caesar's inquiry into the source of the river, a well-known topos of human ambition, as an act of aggression, an imperialistic push to transgress natural boundaries. This aggressive drive is foiled by the duplicitous response of both the priest Acoreus and the divinity who inspires him. The digressive quality of the episode offers a redirection and setback for the character of Caesar, which are achieved through the momentary transference of the conflict of the epic to the field of didactic exposition.

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