Friday, May 15, 2026

Lucan

Lucan (c. 39-65)

“When faith and duty
desert, and our last hope is immorality,
let discord put an end to civil war.”

  • From Lucan’s Civil War (Book 5, between approximately lines 310-315), translated by Matthew Fox (Penguin Classics, 2012).

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