10.18453/rosdok_id00003339 Blaschka, Karen Karen Blaschka http://d-nb.info/gnd/1077507070 Verlag Marie Leidorf Rahden, Westfalen 2015 870 Italic literatures Latin 930 History of the ancient world 2015 de http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00003339 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00003339-4 This study looks at the conceptual use of imagery in Lucan's Bellum Civile, taking a comprehensive approach that analyzes his brief comparisons, metaphors, and examples. Lucan uses imagery to communicate the roles and behavior of his characters. Elements of imagery serve as markers that stress the character traits of the protagonists that are constuitive for the epic, and that focus on decisive plot events.