From the Gallic Mercury to the Roman Colony of Lugdunum : a “Canonical” System of Transformations?
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2018.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : Caesar’s description of the attributes of the Gallic god Mercury and Strabo’s presentation of the colony of Lugdunum use a series of five similar themes. I try to explain this fact with the application of the “canonical formula” proposed by Levi-Strauss. This “formula” renews the arguments by analogy by introducing the dimension of change. The use of this “formula” shows in another way how the Gallic tradition is re-elaborated in the construction of a new cultural identity in Augustus’ time.
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Caesar’s description of the attributes of the Gallic god Mercury and Strabo’s presentation of the colony of Lugdunum use a series of five similar themes. I try to explain this fact with the application of the “canonical formula” proposed by Levi-Strauss. This “formula” renews the arguments by analogy by introducing the dimension of change. The use of this “formula” shows in another way how the Gallic tradition is re-elaborated in the construction of a new cultural identity in Augustus’ time.
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