Ovid in exile : : power and poetic redress in the Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto / / by Matthew M. McGowan.
In response to being exiled to the Black Sea by the Roman emperor Augustus in 8 AD, Ovid began to compose the Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto and to create for himself a place of intellectual refuge. From there he was able to reflect out loud on how and why his own art had been legally banned and lef...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne. Supplements, v. 309. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 309. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary material / M. Mcgowan
- Introduction - The redress of exile / M. Mcgowan
- Chapter One. Historical reality and poetic representation / M. Mcgowan
- Chapter Two. Crimes and punishments: The legitimacy of Ovid’s banishment / M. Mcgowan
- Chapter Three. God and man: Caesar Augustus in Ovid’s exilic mythology / M. Mcgowan
- Chapter Four. Religious ritual and poetic devotion: Ovid’s representation of religion in Tr. and Pont. / M. Mcgowan
- Chapter Five. Space, justice, and the legal limits of empire: A comparative analysis of Fas, Ius, Lex, and Vates in Tr. and Pont. / M. Mcgowan
- Chapter Six. Ovidius Naso, poeta et exul: Ovid’s identification with Homer and Ulysses in Tr. and Pont. / M. Mcgowan
- Conclusion - The exile’s last word: Power and poetic redress on the margins of empire / M. Mcgowan
- Bibliography / M. Mcgowan
- Index locorum / M. Mcgowan
- Index verborum* / M. Mcgowan
- Index rerum / M. Mcgowan
- Supplements to Mnemosyne / M. Mcgowan.