Ovid's Fasti Historical Readings at Its Bimillennium [Hardcover]

This ground-breaking book celebrates the bimillennial anniversary of the inception of Ovid'sFastiby offering a variety of approaches to Ovid's poem on the Roman religious calendar. The volume does not aim at consensus but brings together experts from around the world without allowing any single prejudice to prevail.

1. martial Arts: Mars Ultor in the Forum Augustum; a verbal monument,Alessandro Barchiesi
2. TheFastias a Source for Women's Participation in the Roman Cult,Elaine Fantham
3.Vaga Signa: Orion and Sirius in Ovid'sFasti,Emma Gee
4. Varro's Three Theologies and Their Influence on theFasti,C. M. C. Green
5. Ovid and the Stellar Calendat,Geraldine Herbert-Brown
6. Seen, Not heard:feminea linguain Ovid'sFastiand the critical gaze,Peter Mark Keegan
7. Representing the Great Mother to Augustus,Peter E. Knox
8.Imperii Pignora Certa: the role of Numa in Ovid'sFasti,R. J. Littlewood
9. Ovid's Liberalia,John F. Miller
10. Contesting Time and Space:Fasti6. 637-48,Carole E. Newlands
11. Added Days: calendrical Poetics and the Julio-Claudian Holidays,M. Pasco-Pranger
12. Ovid and the Stage,T. P. Wiseman

This is a very interesting and learned set of papers which does justice to the dynamics of the poem and the diversity of scholarly approaches to it.... For the more experienced student ofFasti...all contributions here will be of interest, and many will be valuable for years to come. --New EnglandClassical Journal

Geraldine Herbert-Brown is Research Fellow in Ancient History, Macquarie University