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Ovid's Fasti : historical readings at its bimillennium / edited by Geraldine Herbert-Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Fasti.
- Ovid.
- Calendar in literature.
- Didactic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Didactic poetry, Latin.
- Fasts and feasts in literature.
- Literature and society--Rome.
- Literature and society.
- Time in literature.
- Rome--In literature.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work celebrates the bimillennial anniversary of the inception of Ovid's 'Fasti' by offering a variety of approaches to Ovid's poem on the Roman religious calendar. It does not aim at consensus but brings together experts from around the world without allowing any single prejudice to prevail.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""1. Martial Arts. Mars Ultor in the Forum Augustum: A Verbal Monument with a Vengeance""; ""2. The Fasti as a Source for Women's Participation in Roman Cult""; ""3. Vaga Signa: Orion and Sirius in Ovid's Fasti""; ""4. Varro's Three Theologies and their Influence on the Fasti""; ""5. Ovid and the Stellar Calendar""; ""6. Seen, not Heard: Feminea Lingua in Ovid's Fasti and the Critical Gaze""; ""7. Representing the Great Mother to Augustus""; ""8. imperil pignora certa: The Role of Numa in Ovid's Fasti""
- ""9. Ovid's Liberalia""""10. Contesting Time and Space: Fasti 6. 637�48""; ""11. Added Days: Calendrical Poetics and the Julio-Claudian Holidays""; ""12. Ovid and the Stage""; ""References""; ""Index Locorum""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-93025-3
- 9786611930257
- 0-19-151844-1
- OCLC:
- 271200970
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