A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti : Book 6.

After a period of neglect, Ovid's elegiac poem on the Roman calendar has been the focus of much recent scholarship. In her comprehensive and scholarly study of the final book, Joy Littlewood analyses Ovid's account of the origins of the festivals of June, demonstrating that Book 6 is effec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2006.
Temas:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Fasti. > Book 6.
Fasti (Ovid)
Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Fasts and feasts in literature.
Calendar in literature.
Poésie didactique latine > Histoire et critique.
Fêtes religieuses dans la littérature.
Calendrier dans la littérature.
Calendar in literature
Didactic poetry, Latin
Fasts and feasts in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION; 1. Ovid's Fasti in its historical context; 2. Augustus' reorganization of Roman religion and its impact on Fasti VI; 3. Genre and antiquarianism; 4. Themes; 5. Ovid's narrative technique; 6. Ovid's debt to Livy in Fasti 6; 7. The text; LIST OF ALTERNATIVE READINGS; STRUCTURAL OUTLINE OF OVID'S CALENDAR FOR JUNE; COMMENTARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY

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