A Greek Rome
2019/2020, TOM 13
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This essay takes the reader on a virtual walk through Rome to illustrate the city’s deep immersion in Greek culture between Augustus and Hadrian. The five sections discuss the Palatine Apollo library as presented in Galen’s 'Peri alypias', the 'Pinax ton didaskalon' inscription viewed in its Roman context, the 'Tabulae Iliacae' and their ties with Lycophron’s 'Alexandra', the 'Hypogaeum' of the Porta Maggiore, and the testimonies on the career and literary output of Lucius Iulius Vestinus.
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