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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552764503321

Autore

Fritsen Angela

Titolo

Antiquarian Voices : The Roman Academy and the Commentary Tradition on Ovid's Fasti / / Angela Fritsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus, [Ohio] : , : The Ohio State University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8142-7386-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Text and context

Disciplina

871/.01

Soggetti

Didactic poetry, Latin - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.