Literature and Religion at Rome: Cultures, Contexts, and Beliefs

by Denis Feeney

Recent reevaluations of Roman religion by ancient historians have stressed the vitality and creativity of the Romans' religious system throughout its long history of continual adaptation to new challenges. Capitalising on these insights, Denis Feeney argues that Roman literature was not an artificial or parasitic irrelevance in this context, but an important element of the dynamic religious culture, with its own status as another form of religious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521559219
• ISBN13: 9780521559218
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"