fasti need to know

what is fastis major model

CALL - aetiology, didactic, origins, theophony, conversational style - convo with muses

who is fasti dedicated to

Germanicus

when fasti pblished

AD 16

What does o say in tristia about the fasti

sex ego Fastorum scripsi totidemque libellos

what were the significances of calendars to roman life

displayed publicly and in private houses. indicate what can and cant do. Fasti Praenestini put up just befor O’s exile

Why does O include the quinquatreus

he as an exiled artist - thinking of time when poets rewarded under Aug. pupers as striking.

what is the significance of the flayed satyr

there was a statue of him made out of red marble - stood in comitium, behind rostra in forum as a reminder against hubris but also becomes a figure of willingness to speak out even if pubished - parallel to O being pubished for Ars Am - compares exile to being flayed.

who does O’s juno/juventas/concordia resemble

Virgilian Juno - figure of epic. Iuventas as erotic figure. Concordia as erotic union, all reappear.

What is the signif of the etymological opening

Varro de Lingua Latina - etymology as a creative and scientific art that welcomes multiplicitly

What is interesting abot O’s treatment of 24 June

introduces reveller returning home in the early hours of the morning from the festival fo Fors Fortuna 24 June - cant remember tomorrow is solstice. O glossing over dynastic adoption of Tiberius - not a public holidsay. Happened on 26June AD4

who was the cult of vesta associated with

AENEAS

what is teh significance of O’s choice of principal celebratory sequences

Vestalia and Matralia -focuses on popular and pre-Aug elements of cult - both end w coda related to new dynasty. return of parthian standards 467-8, augustan monuments, Livia’s Aedes concordiae, aug’s porticus liviae 637-48.

what does O suggest he will focus on in proem to fasti 1

astronomy, aetiology of roman festivals, dynastic anniversaries, contemp roman relig, accounts of roman ritual culled from roman archives.

How does B6 balance B1

theme fo war (Juno) B6 balances theme of Peace B1 - Juno, Iuventas, concordia rep diff apsects of war. maj celebrations Vestali and Matralia honour fertility goddesses but also goddesses central to survival of roman state and ,ilitary cult. majpr republican conflicts in june - Gallic siege 290BC, Second Punic war, battle of Sentinum 295BC. mnth of June in middle of fighting season.

what other poet does this have thematic correspindences with

Hor 6 roman odes - opening and closing eyars of aug’s principate. BUT alos additions - Carna’s resuscitation of Proca, hier to throne of ALba Longa - succession drama.

what thematic concern do Carna and Vesta represent

FOOD

what thematic concern do Vesta and volcanus represent

FIRE