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Religions of Greece and Rome: Ovid’s Fasti and the Roman Calendar

  1. Trace briefly the origin and development of the Roman Calendar up to the Augustan period.
  2. How do Ovid’s Fasti, especially that for April, compare with the ‘religious’ calendar? How can the differences be explained?
  3. Do Ovid’s Fasti tell us more about Augustan poetics or about Augustan religious ideology? Why do you think the Fasti were written?
  4. Can we argue that the Fasti deserve respect as a serious source for Augustan religion?

[Due Friday 2.iii.2007 Complete!]

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