%0 Journal Article
%@ 1121-8932
%A Robinson, M.
%D 2003
%F discovery:6910
%J Aevum Antiquum
%P 609-621
%T Festivals, fools and the Fasti: the Quirinalia and the Feriae Stultorum (Ovid, Fast. 2.475-532)
%U https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/6910/
%V N.S.3
%X Introduction: Ovid’s Fasti presents many challenges to the reader: its subject matter, the  festivals and anniversaries of the Roman year, is less immediately accessible  than much of Ovid’s poetry; and unlike his earlier works, where familiarity  with the literary context provides plenty of material for literary criticism, the  Fasti is in constant dialogue not just with literature but also with the fabric  of Rome – its myths and monuments, its rituals and politics. As such, the  Fasti more than many texts requires an awareness of its social, historical and  religious context to be fully appreciated.