Ovid Fasti: Book 2

Ovid; Miller, John F.

ISBN 10: 0929524462 ISBN 13: 9780929524467

Casa editrice: Bryn Mawr Commentaries, 1985

Riassunto

Written after he had been banished to the Black Sea city of Tomis by Emperor Augustus, the Fasti is Ovid's last major poetic work. Both a calendar of daily rituals and a witty sequence of stories recounted in a variety of styles, it weaves together tales of gods and citizens together to explore Rome's history, religious beliefs and traditions. It may also be read as a subtle but powerful political manifesto which derides Augustus' attempts to control his subjects by imposing his own mythology upon them: after celebrating the emperor as a Jupiter-on-earth, for example, Ovid deliberately juxtaposes a story showing the king of the gods as a savage *. Endlessly playful, this is also a work of integrity and courage, and a superb climax to the life of one of Rome's greatest writers.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bryn Mawr Commentaries
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• Lingua: Latino
• ISBN 10: 0929524462
• ISBN 13: 9780929524467
• Rilegatura: Pettine di plastica
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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