Ovid, Fasti 1: A CommentaryThis commentary provides a detailed analysis of the first book of Ovid's "Fasti," a complex poem which takes as its central framework the Roman calendar in the late Augustan/early Tiberian period and purports to deal with its religious festivals and their origins. Book 1 covers the month of January, and has proven to be particularly challenging to readers in light of the apparent revision/reworking of the text undertaken by the poet whilst in exile. This commentary - the most extensive yet on any single book of the poem - locates the text of Book 1 firmly in its literary, historical and socio-political contexts and seeks both to incorporate and build on the recent scholarship on the poem. In light of the special nature of Book 1, the commentary is prefaced by two introductory sections, the second of which tackles head-on the problems (and dynamics) of post-exilic reworking of the text. |
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Aeneas Aeneid Agonalia alludes ancient animal appears Ara Pacis Aristaeus arma Augustan Augustus Barchiesi 1997 birds Bömer Book Cacus Caesar calendar Callimachus Carm Carmentalia Carmentis Ceres Commentary constellation context couplet Degrassi deity didactic Dion divine e.g. Cic elsewhere epic episode epithet erat etymology eulogy Evander exile Fantham Fasti Fasti Praenestini Fest festival Germanicus gods haec Herbert-Brown 1994 Hercules idiom imperial ISBN 90 January Janus Johannes Lydus Julius Caesar Jupiter lines Livia Lucr Macr Maltby metaphor motif myth Newlands Nisbet/Hubbard nunc OLD s.v. Ovid Ovid's Ovidian particular peace Pease ad loc phrase phraseology Platner/Ashby Plin poem poet poetic poetry Pont Priapus Prop Propertius prophecy Pythagoras quae quod quoque refer religious Roman Rome Romulus sacrifice Sementivae sense sentiment specific Stat Steinby story Suet suggests temple tempora Tiberius tion tradition verb Verg Vergil Vergilian