Fasti
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Fasti is a poetic work by the Roman poet Ovid that explores the Roman calendar, its festivals, and associated myths in elegiac verse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fasti canonical | 3 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin poem
ⓘ
didactic poem ⓘ poetic work ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | c. 8 CE ⓘ |
| author | Ovid ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
|
| coversMonth |
April
ⓘ
February ⓘ January ⓘ June ⓘ March ⓘ May ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | early 1st century CE ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Ceres
ⓘ
Diana ⓘ Janus ⓘ Juno ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ Mars ⓘ Venus ⓘ Vesta ⓘ |
| featuresEmperor |
Augustus
ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ |
| genre | elegiac poetry ⓘ |
| intendedNumberOfBooks | 12 ⓘ |
| isIncomplete | true ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | influenced later antiquarian and mythographic literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
aetiological narrative
ⓘ
etiological explanation of rituals ⓘ mythological exempla ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
interaction between myth and calendar
ⓘ
origins of Roman festivals and rites ⓘ |
| metre | elegiac couplet ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCorpus | late work of Ovid ⓘ |
| relatedWorkBySameAuthor |
Epistulae ex Ponto
ⓘ
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form:
Metamorphoses
Tristia ⓘ |
| structure | book ⓘ |
| subject |
Roman calendar
ⓘ
Roman festivals ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ
surface form:
Roman mythology
Roman religion ⓘ etiological myths ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | Roman Republican and early Imperial religious calendar ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | The Festivals ⓘ |
| workFocus | day-by-day explanation of Roman religious observances ⓘ |
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