Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry

by Bobby Xinyue

Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry offers a new interpretation of one of the most prominent themes in Latin poetry, the divinization of Augustus, and argues that this theme functioned as a language of political science for the early Augustan poets as they tried to come to terms with Rome's transformation from Republic to Principate. Examining an extensive body of texts ranging from Virgil's Eclogues to Horace's final book of the Odes (covering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192855972
• ISBN13: 9780192855978
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"