CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Imperium, Sole Power, Pater Patriae

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 103
• Professor: M Barbara Reeves

Document Summary

Product of peace and product of the revolution. Ovid gets himself in trouble first by writing a book about how young men should seek out mistresses (against augustus" values) Gets himself at odds because he is involved with augustus" daughter julia, who is very promiscuous and disgraces her father. Ovid is banished to tomi in 8 ad, next to the black sea (new roman territory) Ovid is very upset, feels augustus has done him wrong. First he moans about it for a while, then he makes another work. Known as the fasti, writes about the roman calendar. What they do is provide an overview for all the festivals for the first six months of the year. Details on how festivals should be celebrated, questions why they use festivals for certain gods. On surface, interest seem like a good course for him to take to win back augustus" support.