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Index of Names Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-07207-7 - Lucan's Egyptian Civil War Jonathan Tracy Index More information Index of names Achillas, 78, 80, 84 Alexander the Great Acoreus and Aristotle, 246 and astrometeorology, 146–9 and historiography, 105 and rhetoric, 83–4 and the Nile, 118–19, 184–9, 197, 254–5 as champion of traditional Egypt, 11, 60–71, as model for Caesar, 93–4, 119–20, 123, 126, 214–15 227, 234–5 as Egyptian priest, 64–5, 135, 171–6 as model for Nero, 94–6, 261 as embodiment of national resistance to as model for Pompey, 28–9 global tyranny, 278–9 as model for the Ptolemies, 90–3 as vates, 169–71 as political model, 10 associated with the Nile, 63, 186–9 his violation of nature, 117–18 associated with the Pharaohs, 63–4, 70 in Egypt, 202, 227 challenges the hubris of Nile exploration, madness of, 238 182–98 megalomania of, 120–1, 253, 255, 278 diverges from Seneca’s approach to natural Alexandria science, 153–69 and Caesar’s calendar, 139 diverges from Seneca’s approach to the andcultofTyche,89 education of tyrants, 259–71 as centre for Greek rhetoric, 82–3 his ostensible deference to Caesar, 144–5 as centre for Greek science, 216 invented by Lucan, 61 as commercial centre, 51 isolation of, 75–90 as focus for Roman xenophobia, 6, 78–9 moderation of, 65–6 as site for Alexander’s tomb, 90, 93–4, 117 offers Caesar refuge in Egypt, 222–4 Caesar’s campaign in, 227–45 old age of, 62–3, 69–70, 77–8 Greco-Macedonian court of, 75–7, 78, 92–3 opposed to Greek science, 216–22 insincerity of, 141 pious conservatism of, 63–9, 150–3 its corrupting influence on Caesar, 117–34, preaches self-restraint for rulers, 67–9 141–2, 214–15 refrains from imperatives, 74 its corrupting influence on Nero, 260–2 resists the corrupting influences of luxury of, 52, 54–6, 126–33, 142, 232 Alexandria, 214–15 mercenary ethos of, 53–4 rooted in Memphis, 63, 78, 186–8, 194, treachery of, 51–2 215 Amasis, 179 shows Caesar dwarfed by the cosmic order, Amyclas, 66, 101, 115, 145, 181 200–11 Antony, Mark, 232 shows Caesar powerless against the Nile, Apis bull, 64, 77 182–99 Apollonius of Myndus, 258, 259 temporarily humbles Caesar, 226–37 Appius Claudius, 57–8, 71 transcends Egyptian parochialism, Ariminum, 237 211–15 Arruns, 135, 169 Actium, 5, 7, 94, 114, 138, 274 Artaxerxes III, 114, 195 Akoris, 64, 70 Aternus (river at Corfinium), 37, 110 288 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-07207-7 - Lucan's Egyptian Civil War Jonathan Tracy Index More information Index of names 289 Balbillus, 172 Danube, 162, 163 Britain, Caesar’s invasions of, 149 Darius, 116, 179, 196 Brundisium, 15–17, 72, 109 Deiotarus, 18–19, 25–8 Brutus, 101 Demetrius the Cynic, 122, 132, 175 Domitius, 241 Caesar Druids, 275 aligned with Lucan’s Pothinus, 71–5, 88–9 Dyrrachium, 109, 229, 231, 237 and luxury, 126–33 and rhetoric, 87–8 Ebro, 113 and the sea, 35–7 Egypt and the tides, 146–9 antiquity of, 62 and the utopian view of Egypt, 11, 99 as object of philosophical pilgrimage, 102–3, as eastern despot, 22–3 141–2 associated with fire and wind, 206–7, 244 as potential ally for Roman Republicans, corrupt advisors of, 81 32–49, 278–9 corrupted by Egypt, 55 as potential refuge for Caesar, 222–4 his designs on Egypt, 133–4 as teacher of humility, 177–80 his fondness for imperatives, 74, 134 contrasted with Parthia, 32, 47, 68–9 his hubris in questioning Acoreus, 134–43, 222 invaded by civil war, 60–2, 237–43 his hubris temporarily quelled by Acoreus, its moral ruin by Alexander and the 226–37, 245 Ptolemies, 75–93 his pilgrimage to Alexander’s tomb, 117–23 its Pharaohs traditionally sheltered from his utopian view of Egypt, 242 corrupting influences, 79–80 his violation of nature, 108–17 its traditional aversion to Greek science, his violation of religious taboo, 115–17 216–22 megalomania of, 181–2 its traditional aversion to rhetoric, 81–3 mercenary ethos of, 45 latter-day commercialization of, 51–6 opposed to rivers, 37–8, 109–14 Lucan’s originality in depicting, 10–12 ostensible moral progress of, 99–108 Lucan’s sources for, 8–10 possible redemption of, 222–4, 225–6 religious taboos of, 116–17 sexual transgression of, 123–6 supposed autarky of, 39–46 temporarily aligned with Pompey, 103, 237–43 supposed irrationality of, 171–6 Caligula, incest of, 24 supposed remoteness of, 31–9 Callisthenes, 255 traditional order and stability of, 210–11 Cambyses, 116, 153, 238 traditional self-restraint of its Pharaohs, and the Nile, 194–7, 234 67–8 Canopos, 52, 75, 142 traditional virtues and piety of, 49, 68–9 Carthage and the Carthaginians, 41, 48 utopian portrayals of, 1–6, 210–11 Cato, 71, 80, 140 weakness of its traditional civilization, 70–1 moderation of, 66 xenophobic portrayals of, 6–8 Chaeremon, 9, 260 Elis and the Eleans, 4, 178, 223 van der Horst fr. 108, 43 Eratosthenes of Cyrene, 216 Cicero, 80, 86 Erichtho, 169–71 Claudius, incest of, 24 Etruscans, 154 Cleopatra, 138 Eudoxus, 4, 9, 100, 102, 108, 127, 136, 139, 174, aligned with Alexander, 129, 215 218, 222, 223 and Actium, 7 Euphrates, 20, 37 and Caesar, 123–6, 203, 232 Euthymenes of Massilia, 164 her quarrel with Ptolemy XIII, 11, 60–1 luxury of, 54–6, 128–9, 133, 215, 234 Gaul and the Gauls, 42, 275 mercenary ethos of, 53–4 Germanicus, 70, 179 sacrilege of, 212 Cornelia, 24, 86 Hannibal, 105 Curio, 45–6, 81, 87, 135 Hecataeus of Miletus, 178, 217 Cyrus, 112 Heptastadion, 245 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-07207-7 - Lucan's Egyptian Civil War Jonathan Tracy Index More information 290 Index of names Heracles, 217 as strategic key to Egypt, 114 Homer, 178, 217 associated with Memphis, 63, 215 astrometeorological background to its flood, Ides of March, 272, 278 146–9 Isis, 64, 77, 173 exploited as source of luxuries, 129 inaccessibility of its source, 152–3, 182–98 Lentulus inexplicability of its flood, 150–2 as champion of the Senate, 29–30, 57–8, 80 Nero’s expedition to find its source, 164–5, fortifies Pompey, 235–7 185–6, 251–6, 262–7 his utopian view of Egypt, 31–50, 69 Seneca’s hope for progress in our knowledge his xenophobic view of Parthia, 21–4, 48 of it, 163–5 rhetorical skill of, 86 Seneca’s rational approach to it, 157–63, 169 Lesbos, 18, 39 shelters Egypt from disaster, 1–2 Lucilius (Seneca’s addressee), 106–7, 142, 251, 270 shelters Egypt from the sea, 32–7 Lyons, fire of, 247 spiritual value of its study, 106–8, 142 traditional Egyptian explanations for its flood, Mars (planet), 207, 244 173, 174 Massilia and the Massilians, 49, 109, 116, 226, 241, 243, 276 Osiris, 173 Memphis Ouchoreus, 64, 70 and the cult of Alexander, 187 and the cult of the Nile, 187, 188 Parthia as centre for Egyptian religion, 64 alien vices of, 21–4 as old Pharaonic capital, 63, 215 and Egypt, 30, 32, 47, 68–9 as site for Alexander’s coronation, 184 and Pompey’s nostalgia, 20–1 as site of Proteus’ judicial inquiry, 85 and Roman imperialism, 214, 266–7 as victim of Cambyses’ sacrilege, 116, 194 its corrupting influence on Pompey, 25–9, associated with the Nile, 63, 215 141 Mercury (planet), 149, 207, 244 remoteness of, 18–20 Messina, strait of, 36, 205 Pharos, 244 Moors, 44 Pharsalus, battle of, 18, 61, 65, 66, 69, 86, 88, 231, 243, 276 Nero Philip of Macedon, 253 as model for Lucan’s Ptolemy, 95–6 Plato, 4, 100, 102, 108, 127, 136, 174, 222 associated with Alexandria, 260–2 Po, 110, 113, 206 court of, 95–6 Polycrates of Samos, 179 his interest in the Nile, 107, 164, 251–6, 262–7 Pompey his interest in the Tigris, 250 aligned with Lucan’s Acoreus, 65–71, 74, incest of, 24 89 resistance to, 12, 271–3, 279 and escape to Parthia, 17–21 supposed Golden Age of, 11, 49–50 and rhetoric, 85–6 Nile and the utopian view of Egypt, 11 and Egyptian autarky, 39–40 contrasted with Caesar, 80–1 as barrier to Caesar, 37–8, 198–9, 206–7, 245 escapism of, 15–17 as barrier to civil war, 35–7, 206, 224 his reservations about Ptolemy XIII, 77 as barrier to invaders, 38 murder of, 53–6, 71–90, 96 as boundary river, 117 nostalgia of, 20–1 as component of a providentially ordered refrains from imperatives, 74 cosmos, 149, 150–2, 162–3, 200–11 temporarily aligned with Caesar, 26–7 as object of scientific competition, 217, tempted by Eastern despotism, 25–9 218–20 Pothinus as object of tyrannical aggression, 117–23, and realpolitik, 71–2, 88–90 182–98 and rhetoric, 83–5 as sacred, 117, 173 as champion of Ptolemaic Egypt, 61 as source of commercial wealth, 51 as corrupting advisor, 79–80 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-07207-7 - Lucan's Egyptian Civil War Jonathan Tracy Index More information Index of names 291 his fondness for imperatives, 74 Seneca the Younger inspired by Alexander, 92–3 as model for Lucan’s Acoreus, 12, 95, 246, self-proclaimed patriotism of, 211–12 267–8 usurps Caesar’s role in the civil war, his relationship with Nero, 12, 245–71 237–43 Sesostris, 70, 214 youthful vigour of, 72–5 and the Nile, 189–94, 234 Proteus, 5, 85 Sicoris (river in Spain), 111–12 Psammetichus, 220 Solon, 178 Psammon, 202, 227 Sosigenes, 139 Psylli, 277 Syrtes, 32, 33, 176, 208–10 Ptolemies, the, 6, 8, 10, 78–9, 90–3, 95, 262 Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 184, 221 Theodotus of Chios, 61, 80, 81, 84, 86, 89 Ptolemy XIII, 49, 58, 60, 75, 77, 89, 212 Theophanes of Mytilene, 23, 29, 58, 81 and Nero, 49–50, 95 Thessaly, 10 mercenary ethos of, 53 Thrasea Paetus, 249 Pythagoras, 126, 223 Tigellinus, as model for Lucan’s Pothinus, 95 Pythia, 135 Tigris, 165, 250, 253 Troy, 46 Rhine, 110 Tyche, 89 Rubicon, crossing of, 37, 72, 110, 113, 116, 225 Vindex, Julius, 279 Saturn, treasury of, 72, 102, 109, 226 Scythia and the Scythians, 42–3, 48 Xerxes, 27, 109, 113 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-07207-7 - Lucan's Egyptian Civil War Jonathan Tracy Index More information Index of passages Apuleius Herodotus Metamorphoses 2.2, 220 2.28, 188 2.19–20, 221 2.20–26, 217 Bellum Alexandrinum 2.35, 3 7 2 52 .
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