A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti, Book 2

ISBN-13: 9780199589395 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 520 str.

Matthew Robinson

Opis

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.

Recenzje

This book is a very welcome and valuable addition to the growing body of scholarship on the Fasti, and it improves substantially our grasp of the poet's handling of the calendar, ritual, astronomy and narrative. ... This commentry will be indispensable reading for anybody working on the Fasti in general and Book 2 in particular.