Roman Luxuria
Francesca Romana (Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Sapienza University of Rome) Berno
Oxford University Press, 2023
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This book examines the etymological and semantic origins of luxuria in key Latin texts. It discusses the influence of Greek culture on the Roman concept and examines a wide array of classical authors and genres to trace how luxuria becomes one of the Seven Capital Sins in late antiquity, representing the vice of lust.
- ISBN-13
- 9780192846402
- ISBN-10
- 019284640X
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2023
- Publication date
- 2023-03-17
- Pages
- 298
- Dimensions
- 241x165x24
- Weight
- 624