CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Roman Citizenship, Inside Out Music, Principate
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Roman use of greek myth (1st century bc-bc) Julius caesar killed b/c he behaved too much like a king (according to the elite) Octavian/augustus: succeeds in bringing all the power together. Roman spread: conquest of greece - hellenistic period w/ successors of alexander the great. Greece becomes a province of the roman empire. Greco-roman culture: a lot of greek culture we know about went through the romans" perspective. They admired greek culture b/c it was so rich. Horace epistles: greek ideas conquered rome (through the military conquest of greece) La biblioteca: summary of a bunch of myths meant to educate people. Appropriation of greek myth used to talk about romans past and present. Takes the same characters but uses a roman world view. Willing to grow and incorporate: reflected in their myths. Roman: explaining the why of the roman ways. Aeneas: not an invented roman hero - he"s in the iliad.
