Fasti Ovid Penguin Classics Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

Written After He Had Been Banished To The Black Sea City Of Tomis By Emperor Augustus Fasti Is Ovid\ S Last Major Poetic Work Both A Calendar Daily Rituals And Witty Sequence Stories Recounted In Variety Styles It Weaves Together Tales Gods Citizens Explore Rome\ History Religious Beliefs Traditions May Also Be Read As Subtle But Powerful Political Manifesto Which Derides Augustus\ Attempts Control His Subjects Imposing Own Mythology Upon Them: Celebrating Jupiter-On-Earth For Example Ovid Deliberately Juxtaposes Story Showing King Savage Rapist Endlessly Playful This Integrity Courage Superb Climax Life One Greatest Writers Σελίδες: 432 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm