03028nam 2200553Ia 450 991045368510332120200520144314.01-280-90466-60-19-181939-50-19-156920-89780199271344 (alk. paper)(CKB)2550000001203628(StDuBDS)AH24081570(StDuBDS)EDZ0001170537(MiAaPQ)EBC431061(PPN)235484784(Au-PeEL)EBL431061(CaPaEBR)ebr10183986(CaONFJC)MIL90466(OCoLC)814491538(EXLCZ)99255000000120362820060227d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||A commentary on Ovid[electronic resource] Fasti book VI /R. Joy LittlewoodOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (lxxxvi, 259 p. )ill., map0-19-927134-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-247) and indexes.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; BIBLIOGRAPHYOvid'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.After a period of neglect, Ovid's elegiac poem on the Roman calendar has been the focus of much recent scholarship. In her comprehensive and scholarly study of the final book, Joy Littlewood analyses Ovid's account of the origins of the festivals of June, demonstrating that Book 6 is effectively a commemoration of Roman War, and elegantly provides a framing bracket to balance the opening celebration of Peace in Book 1. She explores the subtle interweaving of pietas and virtus in Roman religion and its relationship to Augustan ideology, the depth and accuracy of Ovid's antiquarianism, and his audacious expansion of generic boundaries.Didactic poetry, LatinHistory and criticismFasts and feasts in literatureCalendar in literatureElectronic books.Didactic poetry, LatinHistory and criticism.Fasts and feasts in literature.Calendar in literature.871.01Littlewood R. Joy476540Ovid43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.154954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453685103321A commentary on Ovid2237187UNINA