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Representing Agrippina : constructions of female power in the early Roman Empire /
Agrippina the Younger ranks as one of the most powerful women in the history of the Roman Empire. Judith Ginsburg's book provides a fresh look at both the literary and material representations of Agrippina. Her incisive study exposes both the contrivances of the commissioned artists whose ideal...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | American classical studies ;
no. 49. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Agrippina the Younger ranks as one of the most powerful women in the history of the Roman Empire. Judith Ginsburg's book provides a fresh look at both the literary and material representations of Agrippina. Her incisive 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (146 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280428511 9781280428517 1602565546 9781602565548 9786610428519 6610428514 0195181417 9780195181418 |