{"title":"Small Bandwidth: Augustus’ (Non)Reception in America and its Context","authors":"K. Galinsky","doi":"10.1353/SYL.2015.0003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"To say that Augustus was one of the dominant figures of GrecoRoman antiquity would be an understatement. He was a conqueror and added more territory to Rome’s empire than any Roman before him.1 For good reason, Alexander was a model and inspiration and the Macedonian’s anastolé, even if more sedately, became part of the iconic image of Augustus. At the same time, he oversaw a period of profound transformation within the empire2 and it is no coincidence that Ovid, who in his way is the most Augustan poet, chose mutatas formas as the theme of his master work.3 Amid all this, Augustus was not a demiurge, let alone a micromanager; it has been well observed that not everything","PeriodicalId":402432,"journal":{"name":"Syllecta Classica","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Syllecta Classica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/SYL.2015.0003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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To say that Augustus was one of the dominant figures of GrecoRoman antiquity would be an understatement. He was a conqueror and added more territory to Rome’s empire than any Roman before him.1 For good reason, Alexander was a model and inspiration and the Macedonian’s anastolé, even if more sedately, became part of the iconic image of Augustus. At the same time, he oversaw a period of profound transformation within the empire2 and it is no coincidence that Ovid, who in his way is the most Augustan poet, chose mutatas formas as the theme of his master work.3 Amid all this, Augustus was not a demiurge, let alone a micromanager; it has been well observed that not everything
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