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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818860203321

Autore

Littlewood R. Joy

Titolo

A commentary on Ovid : Fasti book VI / / R. Joy Littlewood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-90466-6

0-19-181939-5

0-19-156920-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lxxxvi, 259 p. ) : ill., map

Altri autori (Persone)

Ovid <43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.>

Disciplina

871.01

Soggetti

Didactic poetry, Latin - History and criticism

Fasts and feasts in literature

Calendar in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-247) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; 1. Ovid's Fasti in its historical context; 2. Augustus' reorganization of Roman religion and its impact on Fasti VI; 3. Genre and antiquarianism; 4. Themes; 5. Ovid's narrative technique; 6. Ovid's debt to Livy in Fasti 6; 7. The text; LIST OF ALTERNATIVE READINGS; STRUCTURAL OUTLINE OF OVID'S CALENDAR FOR JUNE; COMMENTARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

Ovid's 'Fasti, Book 6' is the last of his calendar poems. This book analyses Ovid's account of the festivals of June, and explores the subtle interrelationships of history, literature, religion, and politics in the Augustan age. It also explores the accuracy of Ovid's antiquarianism, and his expansion of generic boundaries.