Ovid in exile : power and poetic redress in the Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto / by Matthew M. McGowan.

After being banished to the Black Sea by the Roman emperor Augustus in 8 AD, Ovid responded in verse by composing the "Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto". This title analyzes, in particular, Ovid's representation of himself and the emperor Augustus against the background of Roman religio...

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Main Author: McGowan, Matthew M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 309.
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