Fasti: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Fasti by Ovid — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
"One of the fullest and most enjoyable sources of information on Roman myth and religion, the Fasti is both a calendar of daily rituals and a witty sequence of stories recounted in a variety of styles and genres, comic, tragic, elegiac, epic and erotic. Yet many of them contain uncomfortable political echoes. Augustus tried to control his subjects by imposing his own version of history and annual cycle of festivals on them, but Ovid - banished to the Black Sea - brilliantly debunks the official heroes and power structures. (After celebrating the emperor as a Jupiter-on-earth, for example, he deliberately juxtaposes a story showing the king of gods as a savage rapist.) Endlessly playful, this is also a work of real integrity and courage, a superb climax to the career of one of Rome's greatest writers."--Jacket.
Quick facts about Fasti
- Title: Fasti
- Author: Ovid
- First published: 1482
- Genre: calendar, fasts and feasts, festivals
- OpenLibrary ID: OL97775W
Where to read Fasti
Fasti by Ovid is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is Fasti about?
"One of the fullest and most enjoyable sources of information on Roman myth and religion, the Fasti is both a calendar of daily rituals and a witty sequence of stories recounted in a variety of styles and genres, comic, tragic, elegiac, epic and erotic.
Who wrote Fasti?
Fasti was written by Ovid.
When was Fasti published?
Fasti was first published in 1482.
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