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Myth, History and Archaeology
Essays and Reviews, 2000-2025
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T.P. Wiseman
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English
Published/Copyright:
2026
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A bronze mirror of the fourth century BC shows a she-wolf suckling infant twins. You may think that’s a familiar story, but who are the other figures in the scene, and why is there a lion so prominent in the foreground? The image typifies the problems involved in studying the history and evolution of mythic stories in the ancient world. This collection of studies, prompted by a famous archaeologist’s quasi-historical reinterpretation of the Romulus legend, seeks to achieve greater clarity by avoiding abstract concepts like ‘oral tradition’ or ‘cultural memory’ and paying close attention to what the primary sources presuppose.
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T.P. Wiseman is Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. His books include Remus: A Roman Myth (1995), The Myths of Rome (2004) and The Lost History of Roman Drama (forthcoming).
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eBook published on:
October 27, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9789004742901
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Front matter:
16
Main content:
354
eBook ISBN:
9789004742901
Keywords for this book
foundation legends; Adam Ziółkowski; Alba Longa; Alexandre Grandazzi; Andrea Carandini; Andreas Alföldi; Clovelly Dykes; Demaratos; Dido; Dionysius of Halicarnassus; Elissa; epiphanies; Evander; Fabius Pictor; Giacomo Boni; Hostus Hostilius; Justin; kings of Rome; Latinus; Orosius; Plutarch; Quirinus; Remus; Romulus; Stesichorus; Tarpeia; Theiosso; triumphs; Tullus Hostilius; Varro
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Anyone with an interest in the mythology of the Greco-Roman world.
