The paper focuses on the Russian tradition of political-utopian and panegyrical novels, original and translated, about the second Roman king Numa Pompilius, highlighting the differences with the original myth, where his counsellor, the nymph Egeria plays a prominent role. Since the Russian Empress, Catherine the Great, had appropriated the persona of Minerva, in Russia the role of Egeria was downplayed.
Numa Pompilii, or Flourishing Rome / Numa Pompilii or Flourishing Russia / L. Rossi. ((Intervento presentato al 16. convegno Congresso Internazionale di Studi sul XVIII Secolo L’Antichità e la costruzione del futuro nel secolo dei Lumi tenutosi a Roma nel 2023.
Numa Pompilii, or Flourishing Rome / Numa Pompilii or Flourishing Russia
L. Rossi
2023
Abstract
The paper focuses on the Russian tradition of political-utopian and panegyrical novels, original and translated, about the second Roman king Numa Pompilius, highlighting the differences with the original myth, where his counsellor, the nymph Egeria plays a prominent role. Since the Russian Empress, Catherine the Great, had appropriated the persona of Minerva, in Russia the role of Egeria was downplayed.
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