OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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The representation of an abstract idea, place or natural force as a human figure, such as peace as Pax or Rome as Roma.
Revise: RomeSurrounding his achievements with gods and personifications could suggest that the natural and divine worlds approved of his rule. This is propaganda: a carefully shaped presentation of power, rather than a neutral record.
- Revise: Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Heroes and Transformation
The presentation of an abstract idea or non-human thing as a person, as when Ovid makes Rumour a figure who spreads distorted stories.