The Roman Alexander: Reading a Cultural MythUniversity of Exeter Press, 2002 - 277 Seiten This book seizes on one of the eternal objects of widespread attention in Ancient History and turns the tables on the scholarship that has shaped and dominated the field. Instead of scrutinising the documents in order to reconstruct the biography and assess the historical significance, Diana Spencer traces the deployment and development of the mythical figure of Alexander. She explores and synthesises a selection of Latin texts, from the Late Republic to Hadrian, to form a series of themed discussions which investigate the cultural significance of Alexander for Rome. The selected texts - drawn from verse and prose, history, epic and oratory - are presented alongside their English translation, and provide an insight into a world where to think about Alexander was to engage with the burning ideological issues of Rome during a period of intense and often violent political and cultural change. The book makes clear how particular texts and issues may be readily accessed, providing a valuable resource for teachers and their students, whilst also offering a new approach to cultural histories of Rome and Alexander. |
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... divine came to be of paramount importance in the immediate wake of Alexander's construction of a vocabulary of divine monarchy.37 During the Hellenistic period , ' official ' court historians became increasingly important , and it is in ...
... divine came to be of paramount importance in the immediate wake of Alexander's construction of a vocabulary of divine monarchy.37 During the Hellenistic period , ' official ' court historians became increasingly important , and it is in ...
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... divine aspirations he is not just criticizing his requirement for deification , problematic though that is in itself . He is articulating a concern about an escalating need for ever - greater honours , and ever - more absolute control ...
... divine aspirations he is not just criticizing his requirement for deification , problematic though that is in itself . He is articulating a concern about an escalating need for ever - greater honours , and ever - more absolute control ...
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... divine and the mortal . Similarly , Octavian was supposed to have been ' recognized at birth ' as the future world - ruler ; when his father Octavius consulted the priests of Father Liber about his son's destiny , the wine they poured ...
... divine and the mortal . Similarly , Octavian was supposed to have been ' recognized at birth ' as the future world - ruler ; when his father Octavius consulted the priests of Father Liber about his son's destiny , the wine they poured ...
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History into Story | 1 |
ReadingsAlexander Rex | 39 |
ReadingsLiving Fast Dying Young | 83 |
Urheberrecht | |
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