Ovid: Fasti Book 3

Presents a clear and detailed guide to a central book of the Fasti, Ovid's account of Rome and its calendar.

Sommario

Preface; Introduction; 1. Ovid's life and career; 2. Fasti and Metamorphoses; 3. Fasti and exile; 4. Fasti and calendars; 5. Book 3; 6. Genre; 7. Text; P. Ovidi Nasonis Fastorvm Liber Tertivs; Commentary.

Info autore

S. J. Heyworth is Bowra Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Wadham College, Oxford and Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford. His work focuses on textual criticism and the transmission of Latin literature and in 2007 he published a new edition of Propertius in the Oxford Classical Texts series together with a detailed textual commentary. More recently he has published, in conjunction with James Morwood, literary and grammatical commentaries on Book III of Propertius (2011) and on Virgil's Aeneid III (2017). He is now working towards a new Oxford Classical Text for Ovid's Fasti.

Riassunto

A detailed guide to an important book of Ovid's Fasti, in which the poet gives an account of the Roman calendar. The commentary and introduction explore the literary tradition to which the Fasti belongs, provide clear guidance on the Latin and expound the poet's vision of Roman life, religion and myth.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: S. J. (University of Oxford) Heyworth
• Con la collaborazione di: S. J. Heyworth (Editore), S. J. (University of Oxford) Heyworth (Editore), Heyworth S. J. (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781107016477
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01647-7
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval