The Roman Alexander: Reading a Cultural MythUniversity of Exeter Press, 2002 - 277 pàgines This book seizes on one of the eternal objects of widespread attention in Ancient History and turns the tables on the scholarship that has shaped and dominated the field. Instead of scrutinising the documents in order to reconstruct the biography and assess the historical significance, Diana Spencer traces the deployment and development of the mythical figure of Alexander. She explores and synthesises a selection of Latin texts, from the Late Republic to Hadrian, to form a series of themed discussions which investigate the cultural significance of Alexander for Rome. The selected texts - drawn from verse and prose, history, epic and oratory - are presented alongside their English translation, and provide an insight into a world where to think about Alexander was to engage with the burning ideological issues of Rome during a period of intense and often violent political and cultural change. The book makes clear how particular texts and issues may be readily accessed, providing a valuable resource for teachers and their students, whilst also offering a new approach to cultural histories of Rome and Alexander. |
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Pàgina 55
... quod quid sentirent non reticuerunt ; illud uero uel optime , quod ita multa mutari uolunt ut mihi de integro scribendi causa non sit . Quamquam de Parthico bello , quid spectare debui nisi quod illum uelle arbitrabar ? quod enim aliud ...
... quod quid sentirent non reticuerunt ; illud uero uel optime , quod ita multa mutari uolunt ut mihi de integro scribendi causa non sit . Quamquam de Parthico bello , quid spectare debui nisi quod illum uelle arbitrabar ? quod enim aliud ...
Pàgina 57
... quod ad laudem sempiternam ualeret , cohortantur ad decus . Non deest oratio . Ego quid possum ? Tamen nescio quid e quercu exsculpseram quod uideretur simile simul- acri . In eo quia non nulla erant paulo meliora quam ea quae fiunt et ...
... quod ad laudem sempiternam ualeret , cohortantur ad decus . Non deest oratio . Ego quid possum ? Tamen nescio quid e quercu exsculpseram quod uideretur simile simul- acri . In eo quia non nulla erant paulo meliora quam ea quae fiunt et ...
Pàgina 98
... quod qui circumdedit sibi securus in hac uitae obsidione perdurat ; utitur enim suis uiribus , suis telis . ( 28 ) Hoc loco tibi Posidonii nostri referre sententiam uolo : ' non est quod umquam fortunae armis putes esse te tutum : tuis ...
... quod qui circumdedit sibi securus in hac uitae obsidione perdurat ; utitur enim suis uiribus , suis telis . ( 28 ) Hoc loco tibi Posidonii nostri referre sententiam uolo : ' non est quod umquam fortunae armis putes esse te tutum : tuis ...
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