About Lucan: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets.
I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
There stands the shadow of a glorious name.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
Great fear is concealed under daring.
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
