Ovid's Fasti: Historical Readings at Its Bimillennium

by Geraldine Herbert-Brown (Editor)

Overview

This ground-breaking book celebrates the bimillennial anniversary of the inception of Ovid's Fasti by offering a variety of approaches to Ovid's poem on the Roman religious calendar. The volume does not aim at consensus but brings together experts from around the world without allowing any single prejudice to prevail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198154754
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/23/2003
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.70(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Geraldine Herbert-Brown is Research Fellow in Ancient History, Macquarie University

Table of Contents

1. martial Arts: Mars Ultor in the Forum Augustum; a verbal monument, Alessandro Barchiesi2. The Fasti as a Source for Women's Participation in the Roman Cult, Elaine Fantham3. Vaga Signa: Orion and Sirius in Ovid's Fasti, Emma Gee4. Varro's Three Theologies and Their Influence on the Fasti, C. M. C. Green5. Ovid and the Stellar Calendat, Geraldine Herbert-Brown6. Seen, Not heard: feminea lingua in Ovid's Fasti and the critical gaze, Peter Mark Keegan7. Representing the Great Mother to Augustus, Peter E. Knox8. Imperii Pignora Certa: the role of Numa in Ovid's Fasti, R. J. Littlewood9. Ovid's Liberalia, John F. Miller10. Contesting Time and Space: Fasti 6. 637-48, Carole E. Newlands11. Added Days: calendrical Poetics and the Julio-Claudian Holidays, M. Pasco-Pranger12. Ovid and the Stage, T. P. Wiseman

Editorial Reviews

"This is a very interesting and learned set of papers which does justice to the dynamics of the poem and the diversity of scholarly approaches to it.... For the more experienced student of Fasti...all contributions here will be of interest, and many will be valuable for years to come."—New England Classical Journal

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