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Title Clio and the poets : Augustan poetry and the traditions of ancient historiography / edited by D.S. Levene and D.P. Nelis.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 396 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 0169-8958 ; 224
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 224. 0169-8958
Note Selected papers given at a conference at the University of Durham in 1999.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-379) and index.
Contents Clio exclusa / C.J. Classen -- Propertius the historian / Francis Cairns -- Actium and Teutoburg : Augustan victory and defeat in Vergil and Tacitus / v. E. Pagán -- Stepping out of the ring : repetition and sacrifice in the boxing match in Aeneid 5 / Andrew Feldherr -- Archaisom and historicism in Horace's Odes / Ellen O'Gorman -- Ab inferis : historiography in Horace's Odes / Cynthia Damon -- Vergil's Italy : ethnography and politics in first-century Rome / Clifford Ando -- Roman archaeology in Vergil's Arcadia (Vergil Eclogue 4; Aeneid 8; Livy 1.7) / Marko Marinčič -- Ovid's Metamorphoses and universal history / Stephen M. Wheeler -- The historian in Ovid. The Roman history of Metamorphoses 14-15 / Philip Hardie -- The Alban Kings in the Metamorphoses : an Ovidian catalogue and its historiographical models / Stratis Kyriakidis -- The fall of Troy : between tradition and genre / Andreola Rossi -- Epic encounters? Ancient historical battle narratives and the epic tradition / Rhiannon Ash -- The structure of Livy's first Pentad and the Augustan poetry book / Ann Vasaly -- A Varronian Vatic Numa? : Ovid's Fasti and Plutarch's Life of Numa / Molly Pasco-Pranger -- The extinction of the Potitii and the sacred history of Augustan Rome / Hans-Friedrich Mueller -- History, poetry and Annales / t. P. Wiseman.
Summary The Augustan age was one in which writers were constantly reworking the Roman past, and which was marked by a profound engagement of poets with historians. In this book 17 leading scholars from Europe and America examine the fascinating interaction between such apparently diverse genres.
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Subject Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence -- Congresses.
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Auguste, empereur romain, 63 av. J.-C.-14 -- Influence -- Congrès.
Historical poetry, Latin -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
Historical poetry, Latin.
Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Congresses.
History, Ancient -- Historiography -- Congresses.
History, Ancient -- Historiography.
Literature and history -- Rome -- Congresses.
Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Levene, D. S. (David Samuel), 1963-
Nelis, Damien.
Cover Title Clio & the poets
Other Form: Print version: Clio and the poets. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002 9004117822 (DLC) 2002265089 (OCoLC)48560617
ISBN 1417536594 (electronic book)
9781417536597 (electronic book)
9047400496
9789047400493
9789004117822 (hardbound)
9004117822 (hardbound)
9004117822 (hardbound)