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- Title
JUNO, HERCULES, AND THE MUSES AT ROME.
- Authors
Hardie, Alex
- Abstract
The Aedes Herculis Musarum (AHM), embodying musical harmony, was a symbolic focal point for political concordia at Rome. The treatment of its cult honorands in high poetry also embraces Juno Regina, whose contemporary temple was adjacent to the AHM. Juno (as Moneta) and the Muses are further associated in the function of "memory," and Juno, when offended, is susceptible to musical propitiation. The AHM is prominently identified with concord and Junonian reconciliation at the end of the Fasti, and in the Aeneid,Vergil evokes his Muse's Roman cult identity in exploring Juno's hostility towards the "Herculean" Aeneas, as also when he foreshadows her assent to the existence of Rome.
- Subjects
ROME; ARCHITECTURE; JUNO (Roman deity); HERCULES (Roman mythological character); MUSES (Greek deities); CLASSICAL mythology in literature; MUSIC &; mythology; CULTS
- Publication
American Journal of Philology, 2007, Vol 128, Issue 4, p551
- ISSN
0002-9475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ajp.2008.0005