Epic poem · 1627 (this edition 1631)

Pharsalia (May)

Lucans Pharsalia: or The Civill Warres of Rome, betweene Pompey the Great, and Iulius Caesar

by Lucan

Translated by Thomas May (1627; this edition 1631)

Thomas May's rhymed heroic-couplet translation of Lucan's epic of the Roman civil war, the first complete English version in pentameter couplets, with May's own verse argument before each book.

Contents · 10 parts

• Book Iabout 740 lines
• Book IIabout 790 lines
• Book IIIabout 820 lines
• Book IVabout 910 lines
• Book Vabout 940 lines
• Book VIabout 950 lines
• Book VIIabout 1000 lines
• Book VIIIabout 1010 lines
• Book IXabout 1260 lines
• Book Xabout 670 lines

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