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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.
| Autorius: | T. P. Wiseman |
| Leidėjas: | Cambridge University Press |
| Išleidimo metai: | 1995 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 260 |
| ISBN-10: | 0521483662 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780521483667 |
| Formatas: | 216 x 140 x 16 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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