In cath catharda ‘The civic battle’
- Middle Irish
- prose
- Medieval Irish literary adaptations
Medieval Irish adaptation of the first seven books of the classical Latin poem Pharsalia by Lucan. It rates as one of the longest literary prose texts to survive from medieval Ireland.
Stokes based his edition on four manuscripts:
- Middle Irish
Middle Irish.
Additional sources used may include Florus' Epitome; Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (I.2).(1)n. 1 Whitley Stokes, ‘In cath catharda: The civil war of the Romans. An Irish version of Lucan's Pharsalia’ in Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch... (1909): v-vi.
Do chogadh síuialta na Romhanach, dia n-goireid Gaoidheil in cath cathardha
Summary:Of the civil war of the Romans, which the Gaels call the cath catharda
Verse: Righ na nAssardha ria cach
Sloicced Cesair an inis Bretan
Summary:Caesar's hosting in the Island of Britain
Adbair in catha catharda
Summary:The cause of the civil war
Tuaruscbáil Césair
Summary:A description of Caesar
Toccail denna Airimin
Summary:The sack of the fortress of Ariminum
Toicestal sluaig Cesair
Summary:Of the mustering of Caesar's army
Derbhairrde an catha cathardha
Summary:The sure signs of the civil war
Betha Cait
Summary:The life of Cato
Sloicced Cesair isind Ettaild
Summary:Caesar's hosting into Italy
Tóchestul sluaigh Poimp
Summary:The mustering of Pompey's army
Toccail na Maisili
Summary:The sack of the city of the Massilians
Sloicced na hEspaine / Scéla Césair
Summary:The hosting of Spain / Tidings of Caesar
Martra muinteri Vuilt
Summary:The martyrdom of the Vulteians
Aided Curio
Summary:The violent death of Curio
Aided Aip
Summary:The violent death of Appius
Echtra Cessair
Summary:The adventures of Caesar
Aided Sceua
Summary:The violent death of Scaeva
Tuarusccbail na Tesaile
Summary:The description of Thessaly
Faistine an arrachta a hiffern
Summary:The prophecy of the spectre out of hell
Cath mór Muigi na Tesaili
Summary:The great battle at the plain of Thessaly
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Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
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