Remus : a Roman myth / T.P. Wiseman.
| Author/creator | Wiseman, T. P. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995. |
| Description | xv, 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. A too familiar story -- 2. Multiform and manifold -- 3. When and where -- 4. What the Greeks said -- 5. Italian evidence -- 6. The Lupercalia -- 7. The arguments -- 8. The life and death of Remus -- 9. The uses of a myth -- 10. The other Rome -- Appendix: Versions of the foundation of Rome. |
| Abstract | Romulus founded Rome - but why does the myth give him a twin brother Remus, who is killed at the moment of the foundation? This mysterious legend has been oddly neglected. Roman historians ignore it as irrelevant to real history; students of myth concentrate on the more glamorous mythology of Greece, and treat Roman stories as of little interest. In this book, Professor Wiseman provides, for the first time, a detailed analysis of all the variants of the story, and a historical explanation for its origin and development. His conclusions offer important new insights, both into the history and ideology of pre-imperial Rome and into the methods and motives of myth-creation in a non-literate society. In the richly unfamiliar Rome of Pan, Hermes and Circe the witch-goddess, where a general grows miraculous horns and prophets demand human sacrifice, Remus stands for the unequal struggle of the many against the powerful few. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-235) and index. |
| LCCN | 94042523 |
| ISBN | 0521419816 |
| ISBN | 9780521419819 |
| ISBN | 0521483662 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780521483667 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BL805 .W57 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |