Legendary rivals : collegiality and ambition in the tales of early Rome /

In Legendary Rivals Jaclyn Neel argues for a new interpretation of the foundation myths of Rome. Instead of a negative portrayal of the city's early history, these tales offer a didactic paradigm of the correct way to engage in competition. Accounts from the triumviral period stress the dysfunc...

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Main Author: Neel, Jaclyn.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2015.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 372.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Competition (Psychology) > History > To 1500 > Sources.

Tales > Italy > Rome.

Legends > Italy > Rome.

Mythology, Roman.