Ovid Fasti book 2

Ovid Fasti book 2

by Ovid Robinson, Matthew

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The Fasti is one of Ovid's most complex, inventive, and remarkable works. In presenting the Roman calendar in poetic form, it encompasses an unusually wide range of subjects, a labyrinth of religious rites, historical events, and astronomical myths that can place significant demands on the reader. This commentary on Book 2 - the first detailed commentary in English for 80 years - guides the reader through the maze of diverse material towards a fuller appreciation of the poem, through detailed a…

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  • Full title :Ovid Fasti book 2 / edited with introduction and commentary by Matthew Robinson.

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The Fasti is one of Ovid's most complex, inventive, and remarkable works. In presenting the Roman calendar in poetic form, it encompasses an unusually wide range of subjects, a labyrinth of religious rites, historical events, and astronomical myths that can place significant demands on the reader. This commentary on Book 2 - the first detailed commentary in English for 80 years - guides the reader through the maze of diverse material towards a fuller appreciation of the poem, through detailed analysis of its religious, historical, political, and literary background.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

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Notes

Bibliografi: s. 534-555.

Med engelsk og latinsk tekst.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 572 s

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780199589395, 0199589399
  • oclc:ocn761599580
  • LC Classification:PA6519.F6
  • Dewey Decimal:871.01

Subjects

Calendar in literature Calendrier dans la littérature Criticism, interpretation, etc Didactic poetry, Latin Didactic poetry, Latin -- History and c… Fasts and feasts Fasts and feasts -- Poetry Ovid Poésie didactique latine -- Histoire et… Poetry

Writers

Ovid Robinson, Matthew

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