Roman Historical Myths acid-alkaline levels To the shock of the

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and 'scaffolded' by cultural resources

Rosenthal draws from an unprecedented range of world poetry--from Africa

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Roman Historical Myths acid-alkaline levels To the shock of theThis book offers an enlivening and sophisticated analysis of the pervasive use of historical myth in some of the best 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