Latin poets and Italian gods / / Elaine Fantham.t

• Autore: Fantham Elaine
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Disciplina: 871/.01093820211
• Soggetto topico: Latin poetry - History and criticism; Gods, Roman, in literature; Mythology, Roman, in literature; Religion and literature - Rome
• Soggetto geografico: Rome Religion
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Latin poets and Italian gods
• ISBN: 1-4426-8580-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139194403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Robson classical lectures.