02113nam a2200337 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082002100131100002500152245008600177264004700263300001400310336002600324337002800350338002700378520090100405650006101306650004701367650005501414650004801469650003601517650003701553650003901590650002301629999001901652952010401671281396InACL20260928160838.0260928s1996    xxk               0 eng d  a9780198150206  a0198150202  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a870.915bFOX2231 aFox, Mattheweauthor10aRoman historical myths :bthe regal period in Augustan literature /cFox, Matthew 1aOxford [England] :bClarendon Press,c1996  a269 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aThis 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 0aAugustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence. 0aLatin literature -- History and criticism. 0aHistorical poetry, Latin -- History and criticism. 0aNarration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500. 0aLiterature and history -- Rome. 0aMythology, Roman, in literature. 0aLegends -- Rome -- Historiography. 0aRhetoric, Ancient.  c633312d633312  00104070aACLbACLcGENd2026-09-28l0o870.915  FOXp281396r2026-09-28 16:08:38w2026-09-28yBK