Representing Agrippina :: constructions of female power in the early Roman Empire /

Provides a fresh look at both the literary and material representations of Agrippina. This study exposes both the contrivances of the commissioned artists whose idealized portraits served to buttress the image of the regime and the contrasting designs of the historians whose rhetorical stereotypes a...

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1. Verfasser: Ginsburg, Judith
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Schriftenreihe:American classical studies ; no. 50.
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Zusammenfassung:Provides a fresh look at both the literary and material representations of Agrippina. This study exposes both the contrivances of the commissioned artists whose idealized portraits served to buttress the image of the regime and the contrasting designs of the historians whose rhetorical stereotypes and negative depictions aimed to undermine it.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (146 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, genealogical table
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141) and index.
ISBN:1423762002
9781423762003
9780195346152
0195346157

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