Johan J. Steenkamp- DLitt
- Lecturer at North-West University
Johan J. Steenkamp
- DLitt
- Lecturer at North-West University
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There is considerable literary evidence that gives us some insight into the Jewish culture in the city of Rome from different perspectives after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Yet, there are few primary accounts of Jews in the city of Rome during the 1st century BCE. In this article it is argued that there was already a significant...
The article analyses private Roman birthday parties as they are represented in Augustan poetry, to discuss to what extent literary texts from the Augustan period can be trusted as sources revealing historical Realien. It revisits some of our knowledge regarding these celebrations and is especially interested in those birthday rituals referenced in...
The main aim of this article is to understand how Augustus is written into life in the story-world of Propertius. It traces the development of the character in the story-world over time with due regard to the parallel historical narratives that were told about the historical Augustus. The investigation proceeds from a content analysis of the incide...
ROMAN LOVE POETRY - Mccoskey ( D.E.), Torlone ( Z.M.)Latin Love Poetry. Pp. xxvi + 233, ills. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2014. Paper, £14.99 (Cased, £58). ISBN: 978-1-78076-191-6 (978-1-78076-190-9 hbk). - Volume 65 Issue 2 - Johan Steenkamp
It is now well known that Vergil exploited this twofold nature of the symbol of the Euphrates masterfully. On the one hand he uses it to refer back to Callimachus and in doing so to state his own views on poetry; on the other hand he invokes the famous river of the East to explain how events there impacts on Rome, her new princeps and ultimately hi...
The structure of Vergil's Eclogues has been much discussed and various models have been proposed to describe the different ways in which the poems are linked to each other. Two general types of models have been proposed. That of the concentric or recessive panel is well known, but somewhat deficient in that it ignores the inner dynamism of the coll...
