Troy between Greece and Rome Local Tradition and Imperial Power

by Erskine, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780199265800
• ISBN10: 0199265801
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Troy linked Greece and Rome. It was once the subject of the greatest of Greek poems and the mother city of the Romans. It gave the Romans a place in the mythical past of the Greeks, it gave Greeks a way of approaching Rome, and it gave the emperor Augustus, descendant of Aeneas, a suitablyelevated ancestry. In this book Andrew Erskine examines the role and meaning of Troy in the changing relationship between Greeks and Romans, as Rome is transformed from a minor Italian city into a Mediterranean superpower. In contrast to earlier studies the emphasis is on the Greek rather than theRoman perspective. The book seeks to understand the significance of Rome's Trojan origins for the Greeks by considering the place of Troy and Trojans in Greek culture. It moves beyond the more familiar spheres of art and literature to explore the countless, overlapping, local traditions, the storiesthat cities told about themselves, a world often neglected by scholars.

Author Biography

Andrew Erskine is Professor of Classics at the National University of Ireland in Galway.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	xi
List of Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	1	(14)
1. Myth and Local Tradition	2	(4)
2. Greeks, Trojans, and Barbarians	6	(9)
Part I: Rome
1. The Recovery of Trojan Rome	15	(32)
1. Troy and the lului	17	(6)
2. The Myth before the lulu: Neutral Citations?	23	(7)
3. Republican Survivors: The Inside Story	30	(7)
4. The Myth in Context	37	(10)
Part II: Greece
2. Homer and the Archaic Age	47	(14)
1. The Importance of Homer	48	(3)
2. Barbarian Trojans in the Iliad?	51	(3)
3. Enemies of the Greeks?	54	(3)
4. Other Archaic Representations	57	(4)
3. The Persian Wars and the Denigration of the Trojans	61	(32)
1. Aigina, the Aiakids, and Salamis	62	(6)
2. Athens and the Delian League	68	(5)
3. Drama and Characterization	73	(4)
4. Athenian Ambivalence	77	(6)
5. Herodotos and the 'Persian' Version	83	(4)
6. Change and Context	87	(3)
7. Consequences	90	(3)
4. Trojan Past and Present	93	(38)
1. Aineia	93	(5)
2. The Troad and Neighbouring Regions	98	(14)
3. The Mainland	112	(14)
4. Conclusion	126	(5)
Part III: Between Greece and Rome
5. Troy and the Western Greeks	131	(26)
1. The Wanderer	131	(4)
2. The Trojan Wanderer	135	(4)
3. The Wanderer and Local Tradition	139	(4)
4. The Trojan Myth in Latinm	143	(5)
5. Scholars and Antiquarians	148	(9)
6. Pyrrhos, Troy, and Rome: An Interlude	157	(5)
7. Greek States and Roman Relatives	162	(36)
1. Kinship Diplomacy in the Hellenistic World	163	(5)
2. Kinship with Rome	168	(17)
3. Distant Relatives and Family Friends	185	(10)
4. The Limits of Kinship	195	(3)
8. Old Gods, New Homes	198	(27)
1. Venus Erycina	198	(7)
2. Magna Mater Comes to Town	205	(14)
3. Attalos, Troy, and the Magna Mater	219	(5)
4. Conclusion	224	(1)
9. Ilion between Greece and Rome	225	(29)
1. Ilion and the Great Powers	226	(8)
2. The Romans at Ilion	234	(3)
3. Troy Falls Again: Fimbria and Sulla	237	(8)
4. Ilion under the Caesars: Romana Pergama surgent	245	(9)
Epilogue	254	(5)
References	259	(25)
Bibliographic Addendum to the Paperback Edition	284	(1)
Index	285