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Remus : A Roman Myth
by T. P. Wiseman
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0521483662
- ISBN 13
- 9780521483667
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Softcover. Good Condition. Cover shows modest signs of handling, and one or two scuffs and bumped corners. Pages are free from notes or highlighting. Sound and serviceable overall. Publisher's note: 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 xv, 243. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Mythology, Roman; Rome (Empire); Historiography; Remus (Twin of Romulus, King of Rome); Name; ISBN: 0521483662. ISBN/EAN: 9780521483667. Add. Inventory No: 231026HAAC03011. . 9780521483667
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- Title
- Remus : A Roman Myth
- Author
- T. P. Wiseman
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
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- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521483662
- ISBN 13
- 9780521483667
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BZDB428 History; Mythology, Roman; Rome (Empire); Historiography; Remus (Twin of Romulus, King of Rome); Name; ISBN: 0521483662 EAN: 9780521483667 T. P. Wiseman Remus : A Roman Myth
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