Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Rome /

Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Rome /

The histories of early Rome written in antiquity by the likes of Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus include many sensational stories, from the she-wolf suckling the twins to the miraculous conception of Servius Tullius and the epiphany of the Dioscuri at Lake Regillus. Even the more sober parts of...

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Other Authors: Cornell, Tim (Editor), Meunier, Nicolas L. J. (Editor), Miano, Daniele (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.

Series: Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
Historiography of Rome and Its Empire ; 17.

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Mythology, Roman > Historiography.
Rome > Historiography.

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Call Number: DG205

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Copyright page
  • Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series /
  • Carsten H. Lange and Jesper M. Madsen
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Contributors
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: The Historiography of Myth in Historiography /
  • Daniele Miano
  • Chapter 2 The Epiphanies of the Dioscuri: Myth or History? /
  • Amber Gartrell
  • Chapter 3 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Theopompus, and the Historical Marvel: The Rhetoric of Myth and the Myth of Rhetoric /
  • Daniele Miano
  • Chapter 4 Augustan Historiography on the Mythical Aborigines: Ideology and Erudition in Dionysius, Trogus, and Timagenes /
  • Edoardo Bianchi
  • Chapter 5 The Methodology of Dionysius of Halicarnassus in Book 1 of the Roman Antiquities /
  • Tim Cornell
  • Chapter 6 Privatus or tribunus celerum ? The Myth of Lucius Brutus and the Political Role of Private Individuals /
  • Roman M. Frolov
  • Chapter 7 Political Violence between Myth and History: The Examples of Accius and Cicero /
  • Chantal Gabrielli
  • Chapter 8 The Decemvirate and the Second Secession of the Plebs (451-449 BCE ): A Historiographical fabula /
  • Nicolas L.J. Meunier
  • Chapter 9 Men, Gods and Places in Early Rome: Myths in History in the First Century BCE /
  • Marine Miquel
  • Chapter 10 The Precise Dating of Events in Dionysius' Narrative of Rome's Kings /
  • S. P. Oakley
  • Chapter 11 Sculpting History into Myth: Tarpeia and Foreign Conquest /
  • Jaclyn Neel
  • Index.