Ovid Fasti: Book 2

Ovid

ISBN 10 : 0929524462 ISBN 13 : 9780929524467

Editeur : Bryn Mawr Commentaries, 1985

Synopsis

Book by Ovid John F Miller

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Book IV of the Fasti, Ovid's celebration of the Roman calendar and its associated legends, is the book of April and honours the festivals of Venus, Cybele, Ceres, and their cult, as well as the traditional date of the foundation of Rome and many religious and civic anniversaries. Elaine Fantham accompanies her commentary with a revised text and an extended introduction. Besides including surveys of language, style, versification, and textual transmission, the introduction looks at the shifting generic traditions of Greek and Roman elegy, and situates Ovid's composite poem in its Augustan literary and historical context. Other sections explain the recurring religious, astronomical and dynastic material of the Fasti. It has been a particular concern to relate features of Book IV to the other books of the Fasti and to Ovid's other elegiac works, and the Metamorphoses.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bryn Mawr Commentaries
• Date d'édition: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0929524462
• ISBN 13: 9780929524467
• Reliure: Baguettes de reliure plastique
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Éditeur: Miller John F.