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\s+(12CIVIL WAR IN THE \f7SATYRICON\f6

\s-8THE \f7BELLVM CIVILE\f6 OF EUMOLPUS\s-4
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.\"MILESIAN COUNTERPOINT: CIVIL WAR IN THE \f7SATYRICON\f6
.\"DISAFFECTED POETICS: EUMOLPUS \f7DE BELLO CIVILI\f6
.\"PETRONIUS AND HIS \f7CARMEN DE BELLO CIVILI\f6
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TRAVIS EDWARD MOORE
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Arts in Latin,
The University of Auckland, 2012
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CIVIL WAR IN THE \f7SATYRICON\f6

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The \f7Bellum Ciuile\f6 is the longest piece of verse
in the extant \f7Satyricon\f6,
the prosimetric masterpiece of Petronius.
It is a poem on the Civil War of 49–45 BC,
recited during a long journey by the disreputable poet-character Eumolpus.
The present study approaches this unique and intriguing specimen
in the hope of appreciating its literary merits more fairly
than has hitherto been the custom.
It is found to be entirely possible
to appreciate the \f7Bellum Ciuile\f6 in a more charitable way,
and the implications of such an appreciation
for the usual discussions of Petronius are then discussed.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank first and foremost Marcus Wilson
as my supervisor and for cultivating my interest in Roman fiction.
The helpful comments of Bill Barnes and Maxine Lewis in the
Classics department at the University of Auckland
were also greatly appreciated.
I am eternally indebted to my parents for their support,
and to Alyx Fausett for her tireless proofreading and infinite patience.
The shortcomings of the work are of course my own.\p
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CONTENTS

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	\f7Acknowledgements\f6
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	Introduction
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ONE: \f7POEMA QVA POEMA\f6
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	Metre
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	Metrical effects
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	Hyperbole
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	Simile and metaphor
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	Repetition and anaphora
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	Wordplay
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TWO: EUMOLPUS \f7DE ARTE POETICA\f6
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	The target of Eumolpus' criticism
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	Eumolpus' literary models
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	Allusion
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	Diction
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	\f7Sententiæ\f6
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	Divine machinery
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	Fact and fiction
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THREE: IMPLICATIONS
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	Length and occasion
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	Eumolpus' audience
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	Dead rat inside a python
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	Genre
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	Characterization
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	Conclusion
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	\f7Bibliography\f6
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