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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... idea was not unknown to the Romans , as military tributes ended at the victor's home : ' after paying his vows to Jupiter Optimus Maximus , the triumphator in his gilded chariot led his procession of captives and wagons of spoil to his ...
... idea of sin : But scelus in Roman religion involves more than simple wrong - doing . It is an offence that incurs the wrath of the gods , and is liable to bring down retribution unless set right or ' expiated ' by the requisite ceremony ...
... Idea of Empire in the Aeneid ' . In Virgil in a Cultural Tradition : Essays to Celebrate the Bimillenium . Cardwell and Hamilton , eds , 28-42 . Nottingham . Ryberg , I.S. 1958. ' Vergil's Golden Age ' . TAPhA 89 : 112-31 . Rykwert , J ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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