Founding the year : Ovid's Fasti and the poetics of the Roman calendar /

Founding the year : Ovid's Fasti and the poetics of the Roman calendar / / by Molly Pasco-Pranger.

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This book considers the relationship between the Fasti , Ovid's long poem on the Roman calendar, and the calendar itself, conceived of as consisting both in the rites and commemorations it organizes and in its graphic representation. The Fasti treats the calendar, recently revised by Caesar and...

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Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Mnemosyne supplements, c. 276
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Pasco-Pranger, Molly.
Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; c. 276.
Physical Description:1 online resource (345 p.)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE POLITICS OF TEMPORA
  • PRAECEPTOR ANNI: THE CALENDRICAL MODEL AND THE FASTI’S DIDACTIC PROJECT
  • VENUS’ MONTH
  • QUOSCUMQUE SACRIS ADDIDIT ILLE DIES: THE JULIO-CLAUDIAN HOLIDAYS
  • LOOKING FORWARD TO JULY
  • CONCLUSION
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX LOCORUM
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , I.J.F. de Jong and P.H. Schrijvers
  • PLATES.

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