Fasti

Zusatztext Review from previous edition 'a thorough and meticulous work! distinguished by accuracy and fidelity to the Latin! and it will surely suit the serious Latinless reader who desires a reliable guide to this challenging and remarkable poem' Informationen zum Autor Ovid Klappentext A new prose translation of Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year, with its various observances and festivals, recording a wealth of detail on rites and customs recorded day by day. A lively introduction explains the background to the poem, and the edition includes notes, a glossary, and an index of names. Zusammenfassung A new prose translation of Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year, with its various observances and festivals, recording a wealth of detail on rites and customs recorded day by day. A lively introduction explains the background to the poem, and the edition includes notes, a glossary, and an index of names.

Product details

• Authors: Ovid, Ovid Ovid, Anne Wiseman, Peter Wiseman
• Assisted by: Anne Wiseman (Translation), Peter Wiseman (Translation), Peter (Emeritus Professor of Classics Wiseman (Translation), Wiseman Anne (Translation), Wiseman Peter (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9780192824110
• ISBN: 978-0-19-282411-0
• Series: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Poetry / poems by individual poets