Remembering Parthenope by Jessica Hughes

Remembering Parthenope by Jessica Hughes

This edited collection focuses on how the ancient past of the city of Naples has been invented, shaped, transmitted, and received in literature, art, and material culture since the time of the city's foundation. Adopting a chronological approach, chapters examine important moments in Naples' reception history from the Roman period (when the city was already several centuries old) to the present day. Among the topics covered are representations of the city's early history and mythology in texts and temples of the Roman period; later uses of Roman spolia (marble sculptures and architectural elements) in Christian churches; the importance of antiquity to the rulers of the Angevin and Swabian periods; the appropriation of the city's classical heritage by Renaissance humanists; the image of the 'local' poets Virgil and Statius in later eras; humanist images of the ancient aqueducts and catacombs that ran beneath the city; representations of classical monuments in early modern city guides; images of ancient ruins in contemporary Catholic nativity scenes; and the archaeology and philosophy of the city's Metro system. Featuring contributions from an interdisciplinary range of scholars, this comprehensive volume provides a highly accessible point of entry into the vast bibliography on ancient Naples.

This stimulating story of Parthenope's city is taken on the present day in three parts and sixteen chaptersThese range through the study of the Temple of the Dioscuri, now part of a church, to early city guidebooks, from the construction of the Metro to the Camorra-controlled rubbish collectors' strike in 2009. * Peter Stothard,The Times Literary Supplement *

Jessica Hughes is a Lecturer in Classical Studies at The Open University. Claudio Buongiovanni is a Research Fellow in Latin Language and Literature in the Department of Humanities at the University of Naples Federico II.

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Title	Remembering Parthenope
Author	Jessica Hughes
Series	Classical Presences
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2015-03-12
Number of pages	400
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