Legendary Rome : myth, monuments and memory on the Palatine and Capitoline /

Legendary Rome : myth, monuments and memory on the Palatine and Capitoline /

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...

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Main Author: Rea, Jennifer A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Subjects:
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > Monuments.
Tibullus.
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Propertius, Sextus.
Aeneis (Virgil)
Architecture and state > Rome.
Latin poetry > History and criticism.
Literature and history > Rome.
Literature and society > Rome.
Monuments in literature.
Myth in literature.
Capitoline Hill (Italy)
Palatine Hill (Italy)
Rome > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; The Hut of Romulus; Map of the Palatine; Map of the Capitoline; Part I: Experiencing the Visual: Roman Landscapes; Introduction: Rome Recalled; 1. The Palatine: The Casa Romuli and the Domus Augusti; 2. The Capitoline: Jupiter Tonans Restores the Past; Part II: Poetic Impressions of the Archaic City; 3. Thinking in Images: Preserving the Past for the Present; 4. Urbs Aeterna: Reinventing Rome in Tibullus 2.5 and Aeneid 8; 5. Maxima Roma: Refounding Rome in Propertius 4.1, 4.4, and 4.9; Conclusion: Rome Restored; Notes; Bibliography.
  • Index LocorumA; C; D; E; F; H; L; O; P; Q; S; T; V; Z; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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