Why Fasti
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23676164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geraldine Herbert‐Brown (corresponding author), Geraldine Herbert-Brown |
| Year | 1994 |
| Pages | 1-31 |
| Publication date | 1994-02-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ovid and the Fasti (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198149354.003.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4388380693 |
| ISBN | 9780198149354 |
| Language | EN |
In those years Ovid was at the height of artistic maturity, at the peak of a successful career, keenly desirous of maintaining his claim to immortal fame through his art (Met. 15. 875-9). It is difficult to believe that he would choose something as problematic and unwieldy as the Roman calendar to set to verse unless extraneous pressure were being applied. For this reason it is more feasible that Ovid’s decision to produce a major work as a tribute to Caesar Augustus came first; his decision to versify the calendar was the result.
Art · Art history · Literature · Maturity (psychological) · Set (abstract data type) · Tribute · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |