The suppression of the deorum ministeria in Lucan’s Pharsalia: keys to its literary relevance

Authors

  • Juan Mª Núñez Universidad de Oviedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23808/rel.v2i0.87960

Keywords:

Gods in Epic; Pharsalia; Bellum Civile; Lucan; Literary Criticism.

Abstract

The removal of the divine apparatus (divina ministeria) is one of the main features of Lucan’s Pharsalia. In this paper we try to point out how the absence of the intervention of the gods acquires literary relevance as it is justified within the work itself.

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Published

2002-12-20

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Núñez, J. M. (2002) “The suppression of the deorum ministeria in Lucan’s Pharsalia: keys to its literary relevance”, Revista de Estudios Latinos, 2, pp. 57–64. doi: 10.23808/rel.v2i0.87960.

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Vol. 2 (2002)

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