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Remus: A Roman Myth
Wiseman, T. P.
Descrizione Biglietto d'invio autografo dell'autore incollato al foglio di guardia anteriore - Brossura editoriale di xv-243 pagine con alcune illustrazioni in nero a corredo del testo. Indice consultabile nelle nostre immagini. Copia eccellente, con tutta probabilità mai letta -- Romulus founded Rome - but why does the myth give him a twin brother Remus, who is killed at the moment of the foundation? This mysterious legend has been oddly neglected. Roman historians ignore it as irrelevant to real history; students of myth concentrate on the more glamorous mythology of Greece. In this book, Professor Wiseman provides, for the first time, a detailed analysis of all the variants of the story, and a historical explanation for its origin and development. His conclusions offer important new insights, both into the history and ideology of pre-imperial Rome and into the methods and motives of myth-creation in a non-literate society. In the richly unfamiliar Rome of Pan, Hermes and Circe the witch-goddess, where a general grows miraculous horns and prophets demand human sacrifice, Remus stands for the unequal struggle of the many against the powerful few.
Categoria: Archeologia e Storia Antica
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Edito da: Cambridge University Press () anno 1995
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Dimensione: 21.5
ISBN: 9780521483667
Prezzo: € 32.00
