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En ny gudinna för en ny tid : Ovidius och Hersilias metamorfos

Brännstedt, Lovisa LU orcid (2017) p.141-145
Abstract
This article argues that the Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses invented the apotheosis of Hersilia into the goddess Hora as a way to flatter the empress Livia. There are compelling parallels between the words used to describe Hersilia and Livia in Ovid’s poetry. Furthermore, Hersilia was, according to the legend, a Sabine woman who married Romulus, the founder of Rome. Livia was born into the Claudian family, famously Sabine through Attius Clausus. As such, it is appropriate of Ovid to compare Livia to Hersilia, as she was in some ways the Sabine wife of the new founder of Rome, Augustus.
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subject
keywords
Livia, Ovidius, Hersilia, Romersk historia, Romersk mytologi, Antikens Rom
host publication
Humanitas : Festskrift till Arne Jönsson - Festskrift till Arne Jönsson
editor
Nilsson, Astrid M. H. ; Damtoft Poulsen, Aske and Svensson, Johanna
pages
141 - 145
publisher
Makadam förlag
ISBN
978-91-7061-244-2
language
Swedish
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yes
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09299494-f3f7-49e0-a5c2-09eccf019a18
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2017-09-18 15:58:10
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2021-03-22 20:41:17
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  abstract     = {{This article argues that the Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses invented the apotheosis of Hersilia into the goddess Hora as a way to flatter the empress Livia.  There are compelling parallels between the words used to describe Hersilia and Livia in Ovid’s poetry. Furthermore, Hersilia was, according to the legend, a Sabine woman who married Romulus, the founder of Rome. Livia was born into the Claudian family, famously Sabine through Attius Clausus. As such, it is appropriate of Ovid to compare Livia to Hersilia, as she was in some ways the Sabine wife of the new founder of Rome, Augustus.}},
  author       = {{Brännstedt, Lovisa}},
  booktitle    = {{Humanitas : Festskrift till Arne Jönsson}},
  editor       = {{Nilsson, Astrid M. H. and Damtoft Poulsen, Aske and Svensson, Johanna}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-7061-244-2}},
  keywords     = {{Livia; Ovidius; Hersilia; Romersk historia; Romersk mytologi; Antikens Rom}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  month        = {{09}},
  pages        = {{141--145}},
  publisher    = {{Makadam förlag}},
  title        = {{En ny gudinna för en ny tid : Ovidius och Hersilias metamorfos}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/35445937/En_ny_gudinna_f_r_en_ny_tid_.pdf}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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