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Antiquarian Voices The Roman Academy and the Commentary Tradition on Ovid's Fasti / Angela Fritsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fritsen, Angela, author.
- Series:
- Text and context (Columbus, Ohio)
- Text and context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Fasti.
- Didactic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Didactic poetry, Latin.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus, [Ohio] : The Ohio State University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ovid's Fasti, his poem on the Roman calendar, became especially influential during the fifteenth century as a guide to classical Roman culture.Ovid's treatment of mythological and astronomical lore, his investigation of anniversaries and customs, and his charting of monuments and history offered humanist poets and intellectuals an abundance of.
- Contents:
- Reading Ovid's Fasti
- Fifteenth-century revival
- Commentary and professional identity
- Antiquarianism I: The Roman Academy, the Fasti, and a new historicism
- Antiquarianism II: Christian Fasti and papal connections
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8142-7386-6
- OCLC:
- 914028290
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