Ovid's Fasti : historical readings at its bimillennium /

This book 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. The volume does not aim at consensus but provides a collection of differing interpretations and perspectives of Fasti schol...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Herbert-Brown, Geraldine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:	Oxford scholarship online. Oxford scholarship online. Classical Studies module.
Subjects:	Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Fasti. Fasti (Ovid) Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism. Literature and society > Rome. Fasts and feasts in literature. Calendar in literature. Time in literature. Rome > In literature. Poésie didactique latine > Histoire et critique. Littérature et société > Rome. Fêtes religieuses dans la littérature. Calendrier dans la littérature. Temps dans la littérature. POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval. Calendar in literature Didactic poetry, Latin Fasts and feasts in literature Literature Literature and society Time in literature Rome (Empire) Fasti (Ovidius) Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Martial arts : Mars Ultor in the forum Augustum : a verbal monument with a vengeance / Alessandro Barchiesi
The Fasti as a source for women's participation in Roman cult / Elaine Fantham
Vaga Signa : Orion and Sirius in Ovid's Fasti / Emma Gee
Varro's three theologies and their influence on the Fasti / C.M.C. Green
Ovid and the stellar calendar / Geraldine Herbert-Brown
Seen, not heard : Feminea lingua in Ovid's Fasti and the critical gaze / Peter Mark Keegan
Representing the great mother to Augustus / Peter E. Knox
Imperii pignora certa : the role of Numa in Ovid's Fasti / R.J. Littlewood
Ovid's Liberalia / John F. Miller
Contesting time and space : Fasti 6.637-48 / Carole E. Newlands
Added days : calendrical poetics and the Julio-Claudian holidays / M. Pasco-Pranger
Ovid and the stage / T.P. Wiseman.