Remus : a roman myth
This is the first-ever historical analysis of the origins and development of the legend of Remus and Romulus and the foundation of Rome, offering important insights into the nature of pre-imperial Rome and the ways in which myths could be created and elaborated in a non-literate society.
XV, 323 p. : grab. ; 22 cm
9780521483667, 0521483662
1085842493
1. A too familiar story; 2. Multiform and manifold; 3. When and where; 4. What the Greeks said; 5. Italian evidence; 6. The Lupercalia; 7. The arguments; 8. The life and death of Remus; 9. The uses of a myth; 10. The other Rome; Appendix: Versions of the foundation of Rome.