01997nam a2200325 i 4500 281396 InACL 20260928160838.0 260928s1996 xxk 0 eng d 9780198150206 0198150202 InACL eng rda InACL 870.915 FOX 23 Fox, Matthew author Roman historical myths : the regal period in Augustan literature / Fox, Matthew Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press, 1996 269 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier This book offers an enlivening and sophisticated analysis of the pervasive use of historical myth in some of the most well known writers of the Late Republic and Augustan periods - from Cicero in the De Republica and the first book of Livy to Propertius IV and Ovid's Fasti. The chapters on prose narrative uncover an uneasy tension between the desire for accurate historical representation and the legendary character of traditional stories.In the light of modern theories of historical truth, Matthew Fox argues that narrative itself expresses a kind of belief in myths, and that this belief is in turn conditioned by historical circumstance. In this way, the accounts of Rome's regal period in both prose and verse bear witness to the uncertainties and upheavals at the end of the Republic.At the same time, Dr Fox argues for a more sophisticated relationship between political and textual rea Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence. Latin literature -- History and criticism. Historical poetry, Latin -- History and criticism. Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500. Literature and history -- Rome. Mythology, Roman, in literature. Legends -- Rome -- Historiography. Rhetoric, Ancient. 633312 633312 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-28 0 870.915 FOX 281396 2026-09-28 16:08:38 2026-09-28 BK