ISBN: 1236642031

[EAN: 9781236642035], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], HAROLD NORTH FOWLER,WORLD, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 94 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing … Meer...

[EAN: 9781236642035], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], HAROLD NORTH FOWLER,WORLD, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 94 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: . . . of his antiquarian lore. The books from which Ovid derived his information are lost, and his work is now one of the chief sources from which we can gain knowledge of Roman ritual, belief, religious antiquities, and even topography, for Ovid frequently mentions the relative positions of temples and other buildings. To the student of Roman life the six books of the Fasti are therefore of great importance. And their importance is not less to the student of Roman poetry, for they teem with beautiful and lively descriptions and interesting stories, and the patriotic sentiments eloquently expressed in several passages show that Ovid was something more than the careless, frivolous writer of corrupt love poems. In beauty of workmanship, vividness of description, and fluent grace of narrative, many portions of the Fasti are equal to any works of Roman literature, not even excepting the Metamorphoses of Ovid himself. The fifteen books of the Metamorphoses are Ovids greatest achievement. When he began the work we do not know, but, according to his own statemorphoses ment, 1 he had finished it at the time of his banishment, though he had not revised and perfected it to his own satisfaction. In his grief he put the manuscript in the fire and burned it, but several copies must have been made, so the work survived. The opening lines of the poem explain its purpose: Of forms transmuted into bodies new My spirit moves to tell. Ye gods (for ye Did change them), lend my task your favoring breath, And to my times continuous lead the song. This great collection of myths became almost immediately, and has remained ever since, the chief source of 1 Tristia, I, vii, 13 ff. popular knowledge of mythology. Poets and artists alike have drawn their conceptions of the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 9781236642035

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Meer...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...of his antiquarian lore. The books from which Ovid derived his information are lost, and his work is now one of the chief sources from which we can gain knowledge of Roman ritual, belief, religious antiquities, and even topography, for Ovid frequently mentions the relative positions of temples and other buildings. To the student of Roman life the six books of the Fasti are therefore of great importance. And their importance is not less to the student of Roman poetry, for they teem with beautiful and lively descriptions and interesting stories, and the patriotic sentiments eloquently expressed in several passages show that Ovid was something more than the careless, frivolous writer of corrupt love poems. In beauty of workmanship, vividness of description, and fluent grace of narrative, many portions of the Fasti are equal to any works of Roman literature, not even excepting the Metamorphoses of Ovid himself. The fifteen books of the Metamorphoses are Ovid''s greatest achievement. When he began the work we do not know, but, according to his own statemorphoses ment,1 he had finished it at the time of his banishment, though he had not revised and perfected it to his own satisfaction. In his grief he put the manuscript in the fire and burned it, but several copies must have been made, so the work survived. The opening lines of the poem explain its purpose: Of forms transmuted into bodies new My spirit moves to tell. Ye gods (for ye Did change them), lend my task your favoring breath, And to my times continuous lead the song. This great collection of myths became almost immediately, and has remained ever since, the chief source of 1 Tristia, I, vii, 13 ff. popular knowledge of mythology. Poets and artists alike have drawn their conceptions of... Harold North Fowler, Books, History, A history of Roman literature Books>History, General Books LLC<