Legendary Rome"Legendary Rome" is the first book to offer a comparative treatment of the reinvention of Rome's origins in the poetry of Vergil, Tibullus and Propertius. It also examines the impact that the changing topography of Rome, as orchestrated by the emperor Augustus, had on those poets' renditions of Rome's legendary past. When the poets explore the significance of Augustus' reconstruction of the Palatine and Capitoline hills, they create new meaning and memories for the story of Rome's legendary foundations. As the tradition of Rome's mythic and legendary origins evolves through each poetic revision, the past transforms and is reinvented anew.The exploration of what constitutes a civilised landscape for each poet leads to significant conclusions about the dynamic and evolving nature of shared public memories. Written when Rome was in the process of defining a new, post-war identity, the poems studied here capture the growing tension between community and individual development, the restoration of peace versus expansion through military means, and stability and change within the city. |
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... Hercules killed the mon- strous Cacus and explains that the altar to Hercules , the Ara Maxima , was built in the Forum Boarium.63 Vergil's treatment of the story emphasizes the importance of labor for Hercules , and labor is one of the ...
... Hercules to the point where he was equated with the god , 67 in post - Actian Rome Augustus appropriated Hercules for his own use.68 Soon afterwards , Hercules occupied a prominent position in the Augustan programme : Augustus ...
... Hercules ' rescue of the cattle is a brief but violent look at the hero's slaying of Cacus ( 1.543-87 ) . Hercules arrives at the house of Evander with the cattle of Geryon . He is sound asleep when the theft of his cattle occurs ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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