Barbette Stanley Spaeth
Autor(a) de The Roman Goddess Ceres
Obras por Barbette Stanley Spaeth
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- Obras
- 2
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 63
- Popularidade
- #268,028
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 7
Overall, this is a great source of historical information on Ceres. Spaeth doesn't talk about the mythology of Ceres much; the focus is on showing how the Romans linked Ceres with the plebs and with women, and used her functions of fertility and liminality to stabilize their society. Spaeth summarizes each of her arguments at the end of its chapter, which was helpful in keeping them all straight. And by the end of the book, Ceres was a distinct goddess in my mind, and not just Demeter with a Roman name.… (mais)