oa La Rome historique et la Rome imaginaire: essai de mythanalyse

The study of myths allows a better knowledge of the steady, long-lasting background on which history is elaborated. Thus, it is myth which precedes and explains history, and not the contrary. The purpose of this paper is to show how the founding myths of Rome - the Trojan, the Greek origins - remain at full lenght in its story, but have a metamorphosis, according to the historic periods: Rome is both a memory and a breath.