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.
| ISBN: | 9780199589395 |
| Publication date: | 25th November 2010 |
| Author: | Matthew Lecturer in Classics at University College London Robinson |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 592 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Classical Monographs |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |