Troy Between Greece and Rome: Local Tradition and Imperial Power (Paperback)
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Short Description for Troy Between Greece and Rome Troy linked Greece and Rome. It was at once the subject of the greatest of Greek poems and the mother city of the Romans. Erskine examines the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans, as Rome is transformed from a minor Italian city into a Mediterranean superpower.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 16 October 2003
- Format: Paperback 330 pages
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- Categories: Linguistics | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Cultural Studies | Folklore, Myths & Legends | European History | Asian History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780199265800 ISBN 10: 0199265801
- Sales rank: 1,051,265
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Full description for Troy Between Greece and Rome
Troy linked Greece and Rome. It was once the subject of the greatest of Greek poems and the mother city of the Romans. It gave the Romans a place in the mythical past of the Greeks, it gave Greeks a way of approaching Rome, and it gave the emperor Augustus, descendant of Aeneas, a suitably elevated ancestry. In this book Andrew Erskine examines the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans, as Rome is transformed from a minor Italian city into a Mediterranean superpower. In contrast to earlier studies the emphasis is on the Greek rather than the Roman perspective. The book seeks to understand the significance of Rome's Trojan origins for the Greeks by considering the place of Troy and Trojans in Greek culture. It moves beyond the more familiar spheres of art and literature to explore the countless, overlapping, local traditions, the stories that cities told about themselves, a world often neglected by scholars.
