Timothy Peter Wiseman (University of Exeter)

Remus

A Roman Myth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first-ever historical analysis of the origins and development of the legend of Remus and Romulus and the foundation of Rome, offering important insights into the nature of pre-imperial Rome and the ways in which myths could be created and elaborated in a non-literate society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780521483667
• ISBN-10: 0521483662
• Artikelnr.: 22453412

Inhaltsangabe

1. A too familiar story
2. Multiform and manifold
3. When and where
4. What the Greeks said
5. Italian evidence
6. The Lupercalia
7. The arguments
8. The life and death of Remus
9. The uses of a myth
10. The other Rome
Appendix: Versions of the foundation of Rome.