Saturday, May 30, 2026

Lucan

Lucan (c. 39-65)

“O sacred mighty work of poet-seers,
you rescue everything from fate and grant
eternal life to mortal peoples.”

  • From Lucan’s Civil War (Book 9, approximately between lines 964-994), translated by Matthew Fox (Penguin Classics, 2012).

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