Legendary Rome

by Jennifer A. Rea

"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 of Rome's legendary past. When the poets explore the significance of Augustus' reconstruction of the Palatine and Capitoline hills, they create new meaning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715636464
• ISBN13: 9780715636466
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"