Translation of Lucan's Pharsalia, Book One
Poet involved
What happened
Marlowe completed an English translation of the first book of the Roman poet Lucan's epic Pharsalia, rendering the Latin civil war narrative into unrhymed English verse. The work, likely finished in London or Kent shortly before his death, was not published until years later, in 1600.
Literary impact
The Lucan translation showcased Marlowe's continued mastery of blank verse applied to classical epic material, extending the same grand rhetorical style he brought to his stage tragedies. Its posthumous publication helped cement his standing as a serious classical scholar as well as a dramatist.
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