LEADER 05084nam 22005653 450 001 9911009254503321 005 20240614084507.0 010 $a9780520378148$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9780520302273 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520378148 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31327020 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31327020 035 $a(CKB)32274130100041 035 $a(DE-B1597)694942 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520378148 035 $a(OCoLC)1439597556 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932274130100041 100 $a20240614d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Mystery of Ovid's Exile 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ1964. 215 $a1 online resource (191 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Thibault, John C. The Mystery of Ovid's Exile Berkeley : University of California Press,c2018 9780520302273 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Outcast: The Relegation-The Date of the Relegation-The Persecution of Ovid--Efforts to Win a Pardon -- II. Guilty On Two Counts: The Offense-The Poem -- III. Errant Poems: The Ars Amatoria-The Metamorphoses -- IV. Cherchez La Femme: Corinna-Poetic Fantasy-Biographical Evidence-Augustus' Reaction-Contradictions-Livia-Julia, the Granddaughter of Augustus--Other "Caesareae Puellae"-Conclusion -- V. May and December": Historical Evidence-Personal Relationships-The Punishment of Ovid-Literary Evidence-Agrippa and Julia-Conclusion -- VI. The Indiscreet Emperor: Augustus' Part in Ovid's Mistake -- VII. See No Evil: Diana in Balneo-Lurida Aconita -- VIII. If This Be Treason: Agrippa Postumus-l. Aemilius Paulus-Anonymous Pasquinade-Ovid and Germanicus-Livia's Dynastic Ambitions-Ovid Refused to Propagandize-Maecenas-Varus -- IX. The Zeitgeist: Ovid Out of Step with His Age -- X. The Wrath of the Gods: The Mistake: A Sacrilege Against Isis-Ovid Revealed Mysteries of Eleusis-Ovid Profaned the Rites of the Bona Dea-Ovid Attended Magical Ceremonies -- XI. The Unwitting Pawn -- XII. Sum and Substance -- Appendix I. Chronological List of Hypotheses in the Text -- Appendix II. Translations of Latin Passages on Text Pages -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aToward the end of the year A.D. 8, the emperor Augustus publicly sentenced the poet Ovid to exile in remote and barbaric Tomis on the Black Sea. The action presumably followed a secret hearing before the emperor, and the official reason given for the sentence was Ovid's authorship of a licentious work, the Ars amatoria, ten years earlier. The Mystery of Ovid's Exile is both a survey and an analysis of the literary detective work that has been devoted to explaining the cause of Ovid's banishment from Rome.   In poems composed during his exile, Ovid laments having written the Ars amatoria, but he obviously considers the poem to be merely a pretext for his punishment. His downfall appears to have been caused by his having witnessed, or in some fashion been implicated in, a crime committed either by the emperor himself or by an immediate member of the imperial family. However, it's possible that Ovid's banishment may have been ordered merely because he was unwittingly in possession of the key to an embarrassing secret, the importance of which he might have realized had he remained in Rome.   John C. Thibault examines more than one hundred available hypotheses that have been advanced by inquisitive scholars from the Middle Ages to our own day. He demonstrates the unsoundness of each hypothesis in turn, and suggests that a solution to the problem of Ovid's exile is not possible given the available evidence. The Mystery of Ovid's Exil treats a controversy that will fascinate classical scholars as well as general readers interested in Roman manners and morals of the period.   This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, 330 8 $apeer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964. 606 $aExiles$zRome$vBiography 606 $aPoets, Latin$vBiography 606 $aPoets, Latin$xHomes and haunts$zRomania$zConstant?a 606 $aPoets, Latin$xHomes and haunts$zRomania$zConstant?a 606 $aHISTORY / Ancient / General$2bisacsh 615 0$aExiles 615 0$aPoets, Latin 615 0$aPoets, Latin$xHomes and haunts 615 0$aPoets, Latin$xHomes and haunts 615 7$aHISTORY / Ancient / General. 676 $a928.7 700 $aThibault$b John C$0172161 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9911009254503321 996 $aMystery of Ovid's exile$9555853 997 $aUNINA