Augustan Poetry and the Roman Republic

Augustan Poetry and the Roman Republic

Author: Joseph Farrell

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-06-13

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 0199587221

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Augustan Poetry and the Roman Republic focuses on the works of the major Augustan poets, Vergil, Horace, Propertius, and Ovid, and explores the under-studied aspect of their poetry, namely the way in which they constructed and investigated images of the Roman Republic and the Roman past.


Clio and the Poets

Clio and the Poets

Author: David Levene

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-09-11

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 9047400496

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In this book seventeen leading scholars examine the interaction between historiography and poetry in the Augustan age: how poets drew on — or reacted against — historians’ presentation of the world, and how, conversely, historians transformed poetic themes for their own ends.


Roman Historical Myths

Roman Historical Myths

Author: Matthew Fox

Publisher:

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781383005738

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This is a critical analysis of the pervasive theme of historical myths used by some of the best-known writers of the Late Republic and Augustan periods - from Cicero in the "De Republica" and the first book of Livy to Ovid's "Fasti".