V. García Quintela, Marco <br/><br/>
From the Gallic Mercury to the Roman Colony of Lugdunum : a “Canonical” System of Transformations? 

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<br/><br/> 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.