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Record Nr.

UNISA996209793903316

Titolo

Ovid's Fasti [[electronic resource] ] : historical readings at its bimillennium / / edited by Geraldine Herbert-Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-281-93025-3

9786611930257

0-19-151844-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Herbert-BrownGeraldine

Disciplina

871/.01

Soggetti

Calendar in literature

Didactic poetry, Latin - History and criticism

Fasts and feasts in literature

Literature and society - Rome

Time in literature

Rome In literature

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.