Uncovering Anna Perenna: A Focused Study of Roman Myth and Culture
The figure of Anna Perenna embodies the complexity and richness of the Roman mythological tradition. In exploring Anna Perenna, the contributors apply different perspectives and critical methods to an array of compelling evidence drawn from central texts, monuments, coins, and inscriptions that encapsulate Rome’s shifting artistic and political landscape. As a collection, Uncovering Anna Perenna provides a unique examination that represents the interdisciplinary intersection between Roman literature, history, and culture.
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Anna and the Plebs: A Synthesis of Primary Evidence – T.P. Wiseman (University of Exeter, UK)
From Carthage to Rome
1. Rivalry and Revelation: Ovid’s Elegiac Revision of Virgilian Allusion – Sarah McCallum (University of Arizona, USA)
2. Calendar Girl: Anna Perenna Between the Fasti and the Punica – James S. McIntyre (Cambridge University Press, UK)
3. Not Just Another Fertility Goddess: Searching for Anna in Art – Gwynaeth McIntyre (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Anna and her nymphs
4. Anna, Water and Her Imminent Deification in Aeneid 4 – David J. Wright (Rutgers University, USA)
5. How to Become a Hero: Gendering the Apotheosis of Ovid’s Anna Perenna – A. Everett Beek (University of Memphis, USA)
6. Instability and Permanence in Ceremonial Epigraphy: The Example of Anna Perenna – Anna Blennow (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Champion of the Plebs
7. Ovid’s Anna Perenna and the Coin of Gaius Annius – Teresa Ramsby (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
8. Infiltrating Julian History: Anna Perenna at Lavinium and Bovillae – Carole Newlands (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
The Afterlife of Anna Perenna
9. Riverrun: Channeling Anna Perenna in Finnegans Wake – Justin Hudak (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Bibliography
Index
List of Contributors