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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... landscape is barely formed , the details of Cacus ' murder are pared down to a minimum , and the political elements , although hinted at , are never directly mentioned . Propertius does not have to use Hercules as an inspiration for ...
... landscape was far more of a necessity in antiquity . Previously , I mentioned that orators constructed memories by using sites on physical landscapes as mnemonic devices . Rhetorical training , as part of the education of the privileged ...
... landscape represents a significant departure from previous studies because I chose to focus on the landscape of the Palatine and Capitoline hills and the foundations of the early community in both the Augustan restora- tion of the ...
Contents
The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti | 21 |
Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
Copyright | |
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