Latin Poets and Italian Gods

Published by University of Toronto Press 2009

In the series Robson Classical Lectures

Latin Poets and Italian Gods reconstructs the response of Roman poets in the late republic and Augustan age to the rural cults of central Italy.

Fantham Elaine :

Elaine Fantham (1933-2016) is British-Canadian classicist. She was Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University from 1986-1999.

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
PART I. Honouring the Italian Gods
1. Rustica Numina: The Country Gods of Italy and Their Reception in Roman Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Virgil’s Gods of the Land Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3. Ovid’s Fasti and the Local Gods of the City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
PART II. Counter-Examples, and the Triumph of Artistry over Fading Devotion
Introduction to Part II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
4. Ovidian Variations: From Friendly Flora to Lewd Salmacis and Angry Acheloüs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
5. Gods in a Man-made Landscape: Priapus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
6. Gods in Statian Settings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Index of Principal Passages Discussed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

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