Fantham, Elaine.

Latin poets and Italian gods / Elaine Fantham. - Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages). - The Robson classical lectures . - Robson classical lectures. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and indexes.

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.

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.

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22573/ctt53rd8 JSTOR




Latin poetry--History and criticism.
Gods, Roman, in literature.
Goddesses, Roman, in literature.
Goddesses, Roman, in literature.
Gods, Roman, in literature.
Latin poetry--History and criticism.
Rome--Religion.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Ancient & Classical.
POETRY--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Goddesses, Roman, in literature.
Gods, Roman, in literature.
Latin poetry.
Religion.
Poésie latine--Histoire et critique.
Dieux romains dans la littérature.
Déesses romaines dans la littérature.
Kult
Landwirtschaft
Latein
Literatur
Religion
divinités italiotes--poésie latine--époque d'Auguste.--1er s. av. J.-C.
Latinsk poesi--historia.
Romerska gudar i litteraturen.
Mytologi i litteraturen.


Rome--Religion.
Rome (Empire)
Rome--Religion.
Latein.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PA6029.R4 / F36 2009eb

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