Fasti / Ovid ; with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Contributor:

Frazer, James George, 1854-1941.

Goold, G. P.

Series:

Ovid in six volumes ; 5.

Loeb classical library ; 253.

The Loeb classical library ; 253

Ovid in six volumes ; 5

Standardized Title:

Fasti. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Physical Description:

xxxi, 459 pages ; 17 cm.

Edition:

Second edition / revised by G.P. Goold.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press ; London : W. Heinemann, 1989.

Summary:

Ovid's splendid poem on the Roman calendar is an invaluable source of information about religious practices: it sets forth for us explanations of the festivals and sacred rites that were noted on the calendar. Here we see, among many others, the Festival of the Dead; the strange fertility rites of the Lupercalia; the merry revels of Midsummer Eve; the casting of effigies into Father Tiber. The poet also relates in graphic detail the legends attached to specific dates. This edition of < "

Notes:

Latin and English on opposite pages.

Bibliography: page xxxi.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0674992792

9780674992795

0434992534

9780434992539

OCLC:

19502439