Ovid's Fasti

Geraldine Herbert-Brown is Honorary Research Fellow in Ancient History, Macquarie University

... this is a very interesting and learned set of papers which does justice to the dynamics of the poem and the diversity of approaches to it ... For the more experienced student of Fasti all contributions here will be of interest, and many will be valuable for years to come.

• 1. martial Arts: Mars Ultor in the Forum Augustum; a verbal monument ; 2. The Fasti as a Source for Women's Participation in the Roman Cult ; 3. Vaga Signa: Orion and Sirius in Ovid's Fasti ; 4. Varro's Three Theologies and their Influence on the Fasti ; 5. Ovid and the Stellar Calendar ; 6. Seen, Not heard: feminea lingua in Ovid's Fasti and the critical gaze ; 7. Representing the Great Mother to Augustus ; 8. Imperii Pignora Certa: the role of Numa in Ovid's Fasti ; 9. Ovid's Liberalia ; 10. Contesting Time and Space: Fasti 6. 637-48 ; 11. Added Days: calendrical Poetics and the Julio-Claudian Holidays ; 12. Ovid and the Stage