Cath Catharda. Irlandzka wersja Bellum Civile Marka Anneusza Lukana? Wprowadzenie do tematu
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2011
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Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk
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Cath Catharda. An Irish version of Bellum Civile by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus?
Abstract
In the paper the author advances thesis that prose composition Cath Catharda can be an Irish version of Bellum
Civile by Marcus Annaeus Lukanus. The Irish text, which consists of twenty one chapters preserved till nowadays
in the form of in eight manuscripts shows surprising similarity to the Songs I-VII from the Lucanus’
work. Similarities do not only concern the choice of episodes, but also specific expressions, definitions, which
in fact are identical.
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The Irish literary legacy, as well as the Greek and Roman ones, belongs to one of the oldest
legacies in Europe. Among numerous, preserved till nowadays Irish texts, the work Cath Catharda
seems to be particularly interesting. The work is about the civil war in Rome, which took place
in 49–47 B.C. and seems to be an Irish version of Bellum Civile by Lukanus. The text is divided
into twenty one chapters, which quite exactly copy information, which can be fund in Lucanus’
Songs I – VII. Only the first two chapters of the Irish work do not refer to the Roman poem, as
they are peculiar introduction to political situation in Rome and a story about Caesar’s Invasion of
Britain. The chapters 3–21 are closely connected with Songs included in Bellum Civile. Slight differences
which can be noticed in the Irish text are result of the fact that the text is written in prose
and specificity of language. In general Cath Catharda is a very precise copy of Bellum Civile.
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Cath Catharda, Lucan, Bellum Civile, Celts, Roman poetry
Citation
Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium, 2011, nr XXI/2, s. 27-40
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978-83-7654-181-5