A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti, Book 2 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199589395)

The Fasti is one of Ovid's most complex, inventive, and remarkable works. In presenting the Roman calendar in poetic form, it encompasses an unusually wide range of subjects, a labyrinth of religious rites, historical events, and astronomical myths that can place significant demands on the reader. This commentary on Book 2 - the first detailed commentary in English for 80 years - guides the reader through the maze of diverse material towards a fuller appreciation of the poem, through detailed analysis of its religious, historical, political, and literary background.

Author: Matthew Robinson
ISBN-10: 0199589399
ISBN-13: 9780199589395
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2011
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.60d