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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Jennifer A. Rea. 4 Urbs Aeterna : Reinventing Rome in Tibullus 2.5 and Aeneid 8 Introduction The landscape of Tibullus 2.5 ' contains few topographical references , and as a result the poem's description of proto - Rome is often charac ...
... Tibullus and Vergil : a shared tradition Although this chapter explores the idea that Augustus ' topographical restoration of the archaic city was an inspiration for Tibullus 2.5 , any discussion of the foundation tradition in Tibullus ...
... Tibullus whose simple lifestyle suggests a model of virtuous living . But Tibullus ' proto - Rome reverses many of Vergil's key details : Saturn's age is a threat to humans , the Palatine is unpopulated , and the Capitoline is the ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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