Ovid's Fasti

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Ovid's Fasti is a Latin elegiac poem that presents a poetic calendar of the Roman year, recounting festivals, myths, and religious customs associated with each day and month.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ovid’s Fasti 8
Ovid's Fasti canonical 3
Ovid "Fasti" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin poem ⓘ
didactic poem ⓘ
elegiac poem ⓘ
poetic calendar ⓘ
associatedCalendar Julian calendar in Rome ⓘ
Roman religious calendar ⓘ
author Ovid ⓘ
contains accounts of temple dedications ⓘ
astronomical and astrological notices ⓘ
etiological narratives for Roman festivals ⓘ
explanations of Roman holidays ⓘ
myths explaining origins of Roman rituals ⓘ
references to constellations ⓘ
coversMonths April ⓘ
February ⓘ
January ⓘ
June ⓘ
March ⓘ
May ⓘ
dedication Germanicus ⓘ
dialogueWith Roman gods ⓘ
personified months and abstractions ⓘ
extantBooks six ⓘ
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
etiological poetry ⓘ
historicalContext Augustan age ⓘ
influenceOn Renaissance humanist scholarship on Roman religion ⓘ
later antiquarian literature ⓘ
intendedScope twelve books ⓘ
literaryForm a series of dialogues with gods and personified abstractions ⓘ
metre elegiac couplet ⓘ
narrativeVoice first-person poet-narrator ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Amores ⓘ
Metamorphoses ⓘ
Tristia ⓘ
setting city of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Rome
structure six books ⓘ
subject Roman calendar ⓘ
Roman festivals ⓘ
Roman mythology ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
theme Augustan religious reforms ⓘ
etiology of Roman institutions ⓘ
interaction between myth and Roman history ⓘ
piety and ritual observance ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Roman Republican and early Imperial traditions ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor Roman festival calendar ⓘ
Roman myth and legend ⓘ
Roman religious practices ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faunus → mentionedIn → Ovid's Fasti ⓘ
Rhea Silvia → appearsIn → Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
Amulius → narratedIn → Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
Regia → mentionedIn → Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
Lemuria → describedInSource → Ovid's Fasti ⓘ
Lucrece → literarySource → Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
Vestalia → documentedInWork → Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
Egeria → source → Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
royal house of Alba Longa → source → Ovid "Fasti" ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
Alban kings → sourceText → Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
Feralia → isDescribedIn → Ovid's Fasti ⓘ
Robigus → mentionedIn → Ovid’s Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti
Robigo → mentionedIn → Ovid Fasti ⓘ
linked to: Ovid's Fasti