Fasti

About the author

Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941) was Fellow in Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge and an important figure in the development of modern social anthropology.G. P. Goold was William Lampson Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Yale University, and General Editor of the Loeb Classical Library (1974–1999).

Summary

In Fasti Ovid (43 BC–AD 17) sets forth explanations of the festivals and sacred rites that were noted on the Roman calendar, and relates in graphic detail the legends attached to specific dates. The poem is an invaluable source of information about religious practices.

Product details

• Authors: J. H. Mozley, Ovid, Grant Showerman
• Assisted by: A. H. Armstrong (Editor), James G. Frazer (Translation), Sir J.G. Frazer (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1931
• EAN: 9780674992795
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99279-5
• Weight: 354 g
• Illustrations: Index
• Series: Loeb Classical Library; Loeb Classical Library; Loeb Classical Library *CONTINS TO [e-mail]
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays