| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 229 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Robson classical lectures
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Robson classical lectures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and indexes. |
| Contents |
pt. I Honouring the Italian Gods -- 1 Rustica Numina: The Country Gods of Italy and Their Reception in Roman Poetry -- 2 Virgil's Gods of the Land -- 3 Ovid's Fasti and the Local Gods of the City -- pt. II Counter-Examples, and the Triumph of Artistry over Fading Devotion -- 4 Ovidian Variations: From Friendly Flora to Lewd Salmacis and Angry Achelous -- 5 Gods in a Man-made Landscape: Priapus -- 6 Gods in Statian Settings. |
| Summary |
Latin Poets and Italian Gods reconstructs the response of Roman poets in the late republic and Augustan age to the rural cults of central Italy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Latin poetry -- History and criticism.
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Latin poetry. |
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Gods, Roman, in literature.
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Gods, Roman, in literature. |
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Goddesses, Roman, in literature.
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Goddesses, Roman, in literature. |
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Rome -- Religion.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Religion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fantham, Elaine. Latin poets and Italian gods. Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, ©2009 9781442640597 (DLC) 2010290162 (OCoLC)426807064 |
| ISBN |
9781442685802 (electronic book) |
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1442685808 (electronic book) |
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9781442640597 (print) |
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