Greek myths in Roman art and culture : imagery, values and identity in Italy, 50 BC-AD 250 / Zahra Newby, University of Warwick.

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"Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new ends. This book provides a comprehensive acco...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Greek culture in the Roman world.
Main Author: Newby, Zahra (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:Greek culture in the Roman world.
Subjects:
Mythology, Greek, in art.
Art, Roman > Greek influences.
Art, Roman > Themes, motives.
Rome > Civilization > Greek influences.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
Physical Description:xx, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Art and power in the public sphere
  • Recreating myth in the Roman villa
  • Paideia, rhetoric and self-representation: responses to mythological wall-paintings
  • Mythological wall-paintings in the Roman house
  • From home to tomb: myths in the funerary realm
  • The rhetoric of mythological sarcophagi: praise, lament and consolation
  • Epilogue: the Roman past, the culture of exemplarity and a new role for Greek myth.