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Caesar's Funeral in Lucan VIII. 729–735

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

B. L. Ullman
B. L. Ullman
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University Of Iowa
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Cordus, who gave Pompey's body decent burial, is apostrophizing Fortune: Pompey asks no splendid burial, no incense, no loyal Roman shoulders to carry the father of his country, no funeral procession displaying mementos of former triumphs, no solemn music in the fora, no mourning army circling about the pyre and casting their arms in it.

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Research Article
Information
The Classical Quarterly , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1921 , pp. 75 - 77
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1921

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References

page 76 note 1 Blümner, , Röm. Privataltertümer, p. 500Google Scholar, n. 14, refers to Sil. It. X. 562, and Dio Cass. 56, 42, 2. But the former is a reference to the common custom of burning the arms of the deceased, and the latter states that the soldiers threw in the decorations (crowns, etc.) which they had received.

page76 note 2 Mau in Pauly–Wissowa III, p. 352, and Blümner, , Rōm. Privataltertümer, p. 495Google Scholar, n. 12, etc.