La ciudad bipolarla construcción de la imagen de Cádiz en la historiografía del siglo XVI a través de las fuentes clásicas

  1. PAMINA FERNÁNDEZ CAMACHO 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Almería
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    Universidad de Almería

    Almería, España

    ROR https://ror.org/003d3xx08

Zeitschrift:
Ágora: estudos clássicos em debate

ISSN: 0874-5498

Datum der Publikation: 2016

Nummer: 18

Seiten: 193-215

Art: Artikel

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Zusammenfassung

The city of Cadiz has been given special treatment in Greek and Latin sources, owing to its relationship to the far‐flung corners of the world, the Ocean and mythical places such as Erythia and Tartessos. This resulted in a multiplicity of names, each relating to a feature, either real or imaginary, that Classical antiquity sought to systematize in different ways. In this article, we look into the creative use that local and national historiography has made of such multiplicity, in order to reconcile the ancient prestige of the city with the negative connotations conferred upon it by its status of foreign mercantile enclave