Fasti: Book 5 (Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Latin) (Latin and English Edition) - Softcover

Ovid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0929524861 ISBN 13: 9780929524863

Publisher: Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc., 1996

Synopsis

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 rapist. 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.

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About the Author

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Ovid—Publius Ovidius Naso—(43 bce–ce 17 or 18) was born into a wealthy Roman family and became the most distinguished poet of his time. He died in exile on the Black Sea, far from Rome and his literary life.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: Latin
• ISBN 10: 0929524861
• ISBN 13: 9780929524863
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98
• Editor: Nagle Betty Rose