Latin poets and Italian gods /Elaine Fantham.
Fantham, Elaine.
Latin poets and Italian gods /Elaine Fantham. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages). - The Robson classical lectures .
Includes bibliographies and index.
part 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 -- part 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.
9781442685802
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.
Electronic Books.
PA6029 / .L385 2009
Latin poets and Italian gods /Elaine Fantham. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages). - The Robson classical lectures .
Includes bibliographies and index.
part 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 -- part 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.
9781442685802
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.
Electronic Books.
PA6029 / .L385 2009