TY - BOOK AU - V.García Quintela,Marco TI - From the Gallic Mercury to the Roman Colony of Lugdunum : a “Canonical” System of Transformations? PY - 2018///. N1 - 28 N2 - 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 UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-dialogues-d-histoire-ancienne-2017-2-page-91?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -