Ovid: Fasti Book IV (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Volume 0)

Ovid: Fasti Book IV (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Volume 0) by Fantham. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780521449960.

Book IV of Ovids celebration of the calendar and the associated legends of the Roman year treats the month of April, a particularly happy phase of the Augustan ceremonial year. Around the festival of Venus and the anniversary of the foundation of Rome, Ovid retells the legends of Romes royal founder Romulus and the Trojan hero Aeneas. The introduction and commentary pay special attention to Ovids art as a poet, but aim to provide both the general background and specific explanations of his historical and religious material.