Founding the year : Ovid's Fasti and the poetics of the Roman calendar /

Founding the year : Ovid's Fasti and the poetics of the Roman calendar /

This book considers the relationship between the Fasti , Ovid's long poem on the Roman calendar, and the calendar itself, conceived of as consisting both in the rites and commemorations it organizes and in its graphic representation. The Fasti treats the calendar, recently revised by Caesar and...

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Main Author: Pasco-Pranger, Molly.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 276.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Fasti.
Fasti (Ovid)
Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Calendar in literature.
Didactic poetry, Latin.
Fasts and feasts in literature.
Literature.
Literature and society.
Time in literature.
Rome > In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PA6519.F9 P37 2006eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE POLITICS OF TEMPORA
  • PRAECEPTOR ANNI: THE CALENDRICAL MODEL AND THE FASTI'S DIDACTIC PROJECT
  • VENUS' MONTH
  • QUOSCUMQUE SACRIS ADDIDIT ILLE DIES: THE JULIO-CLAUDIAN HOLIDAYS
  • LOOKING FORWARD TO JULY
  • CONCLUSION
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX LOCORUM
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , I.J.F. de Jong and P.H. Schrijvers
  • PLATES.