Vergil's Aeneid and the Roman Self: Subject and Nation in Literary DiscourseNow in Paper! As the most widely read Roman poem in antiquity, the Aeneid was indelibly burned into the memories of generations of Roman school children. In this book, author Yasmin Syed analyzes the formative influence the poem exerted on its broad audience of educated Romans. Syed analyzes Roman pedagogy and reading practices as well as ancient beliefs about the powerful influence of poetry. Her study considers these cultural components together with the aspects of identity that define the Aeneid’s characters. By doing so, Syed shows how Vergil’s ancient audiences saw themselves—their experiences, goals, and values—reflected in the poem and guided by it. In particular, Syed’s treatment of gender and ethnicity brings to light the key role of Vergil’s poem in the formation of Romanness. |
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... Cleopatra . In fact , Cleopatra probably contributed greatly to restructuring Roman be- lief systems with regard to ethnicity and gender and the relationship be- tween them . In Augustan representations of the battle of Actium , Cleopa ...
... CLEOPATRA The Vergilian account of Actium must be seen in the context especially of four roughly contemporaneous poems about Cleopatra or the battle of Actium : Horace's ninth epode , his Cleopatra ode ( carm . 1.37 ) , and Prop- ertius ...
... Cleopatra after the battle ( cols . vii and viii ) . In its larger scope and epic narrative mode this treatment of Cleopatra was probably more comparable to Vergil's depiction of Dido than to the Au- gustan poets ' discursive Cleopatras ...
Contents
The Aeneid and Roman Identity | 11 |
Poetry Power and the Emotions | 33 |
The Gaze | 53 |
Copyright | |
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