The Culture and National Identity in Republican Rome: Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France

by Erich S. Gruen

Book Overview

Few encounters in antiquity have had more profound consequences than that between Greek culture and Republican Rome. Focusing on the ruling elites of the middle and later Republic, for whom Hellenic literature, religion, and visual arts were at once intimidating and appealing, Erich S. Gruen offers a compelling account of the assimilation and adaptation of Greek culture by the Romans.

Gruen examines such key cultural developments in the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801480418
• ISBN13: 9780801480416
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher