Images of the Persian Wars in Rome

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ID23716651
AuthorsPhilip Hardie (0000-0003-1950-5095, corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages127-144
Publication date2007-02-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueCultural responses to the Persian wars (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199279678.003.0007
OpenAlexW2486883288
ISBN9780199279678
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

This chapter shows that Augustan Rome's use of the Athenian image of the Persian barbarian, especially the Actium–Salamis equation, is an expanded and revised version of an article originally published in Classics Ireland. It shows how complex were the reasons why Augustus — and his poets Horace and Virgil — found in the Persian Wars material which helped in the creation of the new Roman sense of Self, a new identity that became a cultural requirement in the years following the end of the Republic. In particular, the chapter examines how the original Athenian fusion of the Amazonomachy and the Persian Wars narratives provided fresh poetic and ideological impetus in Virgil's treatment of the Camilla story.

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Barbarian · Identity (music) · Ideology · Literature · Narrative · Persian · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy

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