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Our English translation comes from J G Frazer's 1931 Loeb edition, complete with footnotes and appendix.
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Io Mercuralia to my fav! 👟🐓💸
OTD May 15, Roman merchants celebrated Mercury's festival by sprinkling sacred water on their ships, goods, and themselves for good fortune in business
i'm sorry i haven't posted much lately. i have been busy writing the remaining seven months of the fasti
May 6 | F C | Pr. Non.
F C | Pr. Non. | V.417-418, the Scorpion is still visible.
The constellation Scorpion is still visible in the morning.
May 5 | E C | III Non.
E C | III Non. | V.415-416, the constellation Lyre will soon rise.
The constellation Lyre will rise soon.
Ovid Daily's Summer Book Club 2023:
The Heroides
The first fifteen poems feature letters (written in elegiac couplets) from famous heroines of myth to their lovers, including: Penelope to Odysseus, Dido to Aeneas, Medea to Jason, among many others. The last six (aka the Double Heroides) are paired letters from heroes and responses from heroines, including Paris and Helen, among others.
The Heroides will run from Monday, July 10, 2023 to Monday, September 25, 2023. Each poem will be spread over 2 to 3 days, depending on its length. The Latin and translation will be those featured in Grant Showerman's 1914 edition.
Schedule:
July 10 & 11: Penelope to Odysseus
July 13 & 14: Phyllis to Demophoon
July 17 & 18: Briseis to Achilles
July 20 & 21: Phaedra to Hippolytus
July 24 & 25: Oenone to Paris
July 27 & 28: Hypsipyle to Jason
July 31 & August 1: Dido to Aeneas
August 3 & 4: Hermione to Orestes
August 7 & 8: Deianira to Hercules
August 10 & 11: Ariadne to Theseus
August 14 & 15: Canace to Macareus
August 17 & 18: Medea to Jason
August 21 & 22: Laodamia to Protesilaus
August 24 & 25: Hypermnestra to Lynceus
August 28 & 29: Sappho to Phaon
August 31, September 1 & 2: Paris to Helen
September 5, 6 & 7: Helen's response to Paris
September 11 & 12: Leander to Hero
September 14 & 15: Hero's response to Leander
September 18, 19 & 20: Acontius to Cydippe
September 23, 24 & 25: Cydippe's response to Acontius
Only 2 months of Ovid's Fasti remain!
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Heroides (21 poems, "letters" from famous heroines to their lovers)
Amores (3 books, 49 poems on the subject of love & Ovid's lover Corinna)
Ars Amatoria (3 books, appx 750 lines ea, about seduction & its techniques)
Remedia Amoris (814 lines, teaches a "cure" to the love presented in the Ars)
Ibis (644 lines, in which Ovid curses an unnamed enemy while in exile)
Tristia (5 books, 50 poems, Ovid's life in exile and apologies for his works)
Epistulae ex Ponto (4 books, 46 poetic letters asking to be removed from exile)
Metamorphoses (again) (15 books, about 850 lines each, dealing with mythology)
Medicamina Faciei Femineae (100 lines extant, a parody about women's makeup)
Other/Multiple (please tell me in the tags!)
The next set of emails will likely start in mid-July, and the run time will depend on the length of the work.
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Ovid Daily's Summer Book Club will be:
The Heroides
May 3 | C C LVD • IN • CIR | V Non.
C C LVD • IN • CIR | V Non. | V.379-414, Ovid relates the story of Chiron as his constellation rises.
Ovid tells the story of Chiron and Achilles, and how the centaur was transformed into a constellation after his accidental death from one of Hercules' poison arrows.
May 2 | B F LVDI | VI Non.
B F LVDI | VI Non. | V.159-378, Ovid converses with the goddess Flora.
Ovid converses with the goddess Flora about her Greek origins as Chloris, and about the rites, rituals, and games associated with her and her festival.
May 1 | A • K • MAI • NP LVDI | Kalends Maii
A • K • MAI • NP LVDI | Kalends Maii | V.111-158, the she-goat constellation rises in the sky.
The constellation She-goat rises at night. Altars to the Lares were dedicated at crossroads. The rites of Bona Dea are celebrated.
Only 2 months of Ovid's Fasti remain!
What work of Ovid's would you like delivered to your inbox next?
Heroides (21 poems, "letters" from famous heroines to their lovers)
Amores (3 books, 49 poems on the subject of love & Ovid's lover Corinna)
Ars Amatoria (3 books, appx 750 lines ea, about seduction & its techniques)
Remedia Amoris (814 lines, teaches a "cure" to the love presented in the Ars)
Ibis (644 lines, in which Ovid curses an unnamed enemy while in exile)
Tristia (5 books, 50 poems, Ovid's life in exile and apologies for his works)
Epistulae ex Ponto (4 books, 46 poetic letters asking to be removed from exile)
Metamorphoses (again) (15 books, about 850 lines each, dealing with mythology)
Medicamina Faciei Femineae (100 lines extant, a parody about women's makeup)
Other/Multiple (please tell me in the tags!)
The next set of emails will likely start in mid-July, and the run time will depend on the length of the work.
Thank you for voting!
Celebrating ancient women today on the Bona Dea 🥰🌿
On May 1st, Roman women venerated the goddess Bona Dea (the Good Goddess)! Men were not allowed at these rites, so much of the details, including the goddess' real name, are lost to history…
Only 2 months of Ovid's Fasti remain!
What work of Ovid's would you like delivered to your inbox next?
Heroides (21 poems, "letters" from famous heroines to their lovers)
Amores (3 books, 49 poems on the subject of love & Ovid's lover Corinna)
Ars Amatoria (3 books, appx 750 lines ea, about seduction & its techniques)
Remedia Amoris (814 lines, teaches a "cure" to the love presented in the Ars)
Ibis (644 lines, in which Ovid curses an unnamed enemy while in exile)
Tristia (5 books, 50 poems, Ovid's life in exile and apologies for his works)
Epistulae ex Ponto (4 books, 46 poetic letters asking to be removed from exile)
Metamorphoses (again) (15 books, about 850 lines each, dealing with mythology)
Medicamina Faciei Femineae (100 lines extant, a parody about women's makeup)
Other/Multiple (please tell me in the tags!)
The next set of emails will likely start in mid-July, and the run time will depend on the length of the work.
Thank you for voting!
Only 2 months of Ovid's Fasti remain!
What work of Ovid's would you like delivered to your inbox next?
Heroides (21 poems, "letters" from famous heroines to their lovers)
Amores (3 books, 49 poems on the subject of love & Ovid's lover Corinna)
Ars Amatoria (3 books, appx 750 lines ea, about seduction & its techniques)
Remedia Amoris (814 lines, teaches a "cure" to the love presented in the Ars)
Ibis (644 lines, in which Ovid curses an unnamed enemy while in exile)
Tristia (5 books, 50 poems, Ovid's life in exile and apologies for his works)
Epistulae ex Ponto (4 books, 46 poetic letters asking to be removed from exile)
Metamorphoses (again) (15 books, about 850 lines each, dealing with mythology)
Medicamina Faciei Femineae (100 lines extant, a parody about women's makeup)
Other/Multiple (please tell me in the tags!)
The next set of emails will likely start in mid-July, and the run time will depend on the length of the work.
Thank you for voting!
Apr 28-30 | F NP LVD • FLOR | IV - Pr. Kal.
F NP LVD • FLOR | IV - Pr. Kal. | IV.943-954, Ovid sets up the rites of the Floralia.
(Hobbe Smith, Floralia, 1898)
Ovid acknowledges Flora and her multi-day festival. He then invokes Vesta, and mentions her temple (and that of Phoebus Apollo) which is housed within the house of Augustus.
Only 2 months of Ovid's Fasti remain!
What work of Ovid's would you like delivered to your inbox next?
Heroides (21 poems, "letters" from famous heroines to their lovers)
Amores (3 books, 49 poems on the subject of love & Ovid's lover Corinna)
Ars Amatoria (3 books, appx 750 lines ea, about seduction & its techniques)
Remedia Amoris (814 lines, teaches a "cure" to the love presented in the Ars)
Ibis (644 lines, in which Ovid curses an unnamed enemy while in exile)
Tristia (5 books, 50 poems, Ovid's life in exile and apologies for his works)
Epistulae ex Ponto (4 books, 46 poetic letters asking to be removed from exile)
Metamorphoses (again) (15 books, about 850 lines each, dealing with mythology)
Medicamina Faciei Femineae (100 lines extant, a parody about women's makeup)
Other/Multiple (please tell me in the tags!)
The next set of emails will likely start in mid-July, and the run time will depend on the length of the work.
Thank you for voting!
