Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid's Fasti
Author | : Darja Šterbenc Erker |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2023 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004527041 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004527044 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid's Fasti written by Darja Šterbenc Erker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ovid's Fasti comments on Augustan religion by means of ambivalent aetiologies, elegiac jokes and subtle allusions to the religious self-fashioning of the imperial family. Darja Sterbenc Erker carefully reconstructs Ovid's subtle unmasking of religious fundaments of Augustus' principate.