Ovid

Fasti - London Penguin Books 2004 - lxviii, 360p.; 19.5cm. - Penguin classics .

It includes notes on translation and latin text, summary of fasti, omissions from fasti, list of abbreviations and glossary.

"This translation first published 2000, reprinted with corrections 2004"--Title page verso

04 black and white maps, notes, list of abbreviations, glossary

This is Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year, with its various observances and festivals, written in elegiacs. Ovid's design was to study the calendar in the light of old annals, and to show what events are commemorated on each day and the origins of the various events.

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Didactic poetry, Latin--Translations into English.
Latin poetry
Festivals
Rites and ceremonies--Poetry.
Fasts and feasts--Poetry.
Calendar--Poetry.


Rome--Poetry.

871.01 / Ovi/Fas