The Myths of Rome

Wiseman, T. P.

ISBN 10: 0859897044 / ISBN 13: 9780859897044

Published by University of Exeter Press, 2008

About this Item

Suitable for students of Roman myth and history in this country and around the world at undergraduate and graduate level, this book redresses the perception of classical myth as a predominantly Greek invention; and builds a cohesive narrative from the mass of mythical and historical tales that cluster around the nexus of Rome. Num Pages: 448 pages, chronology & maps, comprehensive index of myths stunningly illustrated & designed, 16 pag. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HRKP4; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1234. . 2008. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Myths of Rome
• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859897044
• ISBN 13: 9780859897044
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Winner of American Philological Association: C.J. Goodwin Award of Merit 2005. Shortlisted for British Academy Book Prize 2005. Widely reviewed and celebrated in hardback on publication in 2004, "The Myths of Rome" is now available in a paperback edition.This major re-evaluation of Roman history and its afterlife in western culture through the mediums of myth and art is fast becoming the standard popular account of the Roman story-world. It triumphantly redresses the popular perception of classical myth as a predominantly Greek invention; and builds a cohesive narrative from the mass of mythical and historical tales that cluster around the nexus of Rome. It is set to become a sourcebook for students of Roman myth and history in this country and around the world at undergraduate and graduate level.

About the Author

T. P. Wiseman is Emeritus Professor of Roman History at the University of Exeter and a Fellow of the British Academy. He came to Exeter in 1977, and was Head of Department from 1977 to 1990. His published books include Catullan Questions (1969), New Men in the Roman Senate (1971), Cinna the Poet (1974), Catullus and his World (1985), Roman Political Life (1985), and Remembering the Roman People (2009). And on the study of Roman historiography, and from there to the myth-history of early Rome: see Clio’s Cosmetics (1979), Historiography and Imagination (1994), Remus: A Roman Myth (1995), Roman Drama and Roman History (1998), The Myths of Rome (2004), which won the American Philological Association’s Goodwin Award of Merit, and Unwritten Rome (2008)