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A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti, Book 6 : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780199271344 : 0199271348 : 24 Aug 2006 : Ovid's Fasti, Book 6 is the last of his calendar poems. Joy Littlewood analyses Ovid's account of the festivals of June, and explores the subtle interrelationships of history, literature, religion, and politics in the Augustan age.Read More

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    After a period of neglect, Ovid's elegiac poem on the Roman calendar has been the focus of much recent scholarship. In her comprehensive and scholarly study of the final book, Joy Littlewood analyzes Ovid's account of the origins of the festivals of June, demonstrating that Book 6 is effectively a commemoration of Roman War, and elegantly provides a framing bracket to balance the opening celebration of Peace in Book 1. She explores the subtle interweaving of pietas and virtus in Roman religion and its relationship to Augustan ideology, the depth and accuracy of Ovid's antiquarianism, and his audacious expansion of generic boundaries.

  • 0199271348
  • 9780199271344
  • R. Joy Littlewood
  • 29 June 2006
  • OUP Oxford
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 352
  • First Edition
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