By Ovid
'Times and their purposes, prepared so as during the Latin 12 months, and constellations sunk underneath the earth and risen, I shall sing.'
Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman 12 months is either an afternoon through day account of gala's and observances and their origins, and a pleasant retelling of myths and legends linked to specific dates. Written within the overdue years of the emperor Augustus, and minimize brief whilst the emperor despatched the poet into exile, the poem's tone levels from tragedy to farce, and its material from astronomy and imprecise ritual to Roman heritage and Greek mythology. one of the tales Ovid tells at size are these of Arion and the dolphin, the rape of Lucretia, the defend that fell from heaven, the adventures of Dido's sister, the nice Mother's trip to Rome, the killing of Remus, the bloodsucking birds, and the murderous daughter of King Servius. The poem additionally relates a wealth of customs and ideology, reminiscent of the unluckiness of marrying in May.
This new prose translation is vigorous and exact, and is followed through a contextualizing advent and useful notes.
Readership: Readers of the classics, specifically vintage literature and fantasy; scholars of classics, Latin poetry, mythology.
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Lo asesina la realidad? Él ¿sólo puede vivir en su fantasía? ¿Qué triunfa, al fin? ¿La realidad, la realidad, áspera y cruel? 29 Hay quienes oponen a Cervantes y don Quijote. Cervantes sería un hombre racional, en lucha contra la España atrasada de su tiempo; en cambio, don Quijote sería no sólo un loco, sino un hombre del pasado, que cree en los encantamientos, los duendes y los magos; que intenta restablecer la Orden de la Caballería Andante, ya siglos atrás desaparecida. Pero oponer a Cervantes y don Quijote es idea sin sentido.
La realidad, la realidad, áspera y cruel? 29 Hay quienes oponen a Cervantes y don Quijote. Cervantes sería un hombre racional, en lucha contra la España atrasada de su tiempo; en cambio, don Quijote sería no sólo un loco, sino un hombre del pasado, que cree en los encantamientos, los duendes y los magos; que intenta restablecer la Orden de la Caballería Andante, ya siglos atrás desaparecida. Pero oponer a Cervantes y don Quijote es idea sin sentido. Lo único que se puede decir es que todo personaje, cuando es verosímil, supera al autor que lo crea.
Poco tiempo después, don Quijote muere, rodeado del amor de los suyos. Lo llora, con dulces y a un tiempo amargas palabras, su fiel escudero, Sancho. ¿Qué sucede? ¿Por qué don Quijote ha de volver a ser Alonso Quijano, el Bueno? ¿Lo asesina la realidad? Él ¿sólo puede vivir en su fantasía? ¿Qué triunfa, al fin? ¿La realidad, la realidad, áspera y cruel? 29 Hay quienes oponen a Cervantes y don Quijote. Cervantes sería un hombre racional, en lucha contra la España atrasada de su tiempo; en cambio, don Quijote sería no sólo un loco, sino un hombre del pasado, que cree en los encantamientos, los duendes y los magos; que intenta restablecer la Orden de la Caballería Andante, ya siglos atrás desaparecida.