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| Publisher | OUP Oxford |
| ISBN 13 | 9780199240333 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199240337 |
| Author | Andrew Erskine |
| Language | English |
| Book Subtitle | Local Tradition And Imperial Power |
| Book Description | Troy linked Greece and Rome. It was once the subject of the greatest of Greek poems and the mother city of the Romans. It gave the Romans a place in the mythical past of the Greeks, it gave Greeks a way of approaching Rome, and it gave the emperor Augustus, descendant of Aeneas, a suitably elevated ancestry. In this book Andrew Erskine examines the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans, as Rome is transformed from a minor Italian city into a Mediterranean superpower. In contrast to earlier studies the emphasis is on the Greek rather than the Roman perspective. The book seeks to understand the significance of Rome's Trojan origins for the Greeks by considering t |
| Publication Date | 9-Jan-12 |
| Number of Pages | 332 |
Troy Between Greece And Rome hardcover english - 9-Jan-12
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