It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti, Book 6 by R. Joy Littlewood
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"After a period of neglect, the Fasti, Ovid's elegiac poem on the Roman calendar, has been the focus of much recent scholarship. Joy Littlewood suggests that Book 6 is unified by the theme of War, so providing a framing bracket to balance the dominant theme of Peace in Book I. While January celebrates the blessings of Augustan peace, June presents a multifaceted portrait of Roman war, a uniquely Roman combination of virtus and pictas. The three goddesses who dispute the origin of the month in the Proem have associations with military success and Roman power, a distinguishing characteristic...
A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti, Book 6 by R. Joy Littlewood is 346 pages long, and a total of 88,576 words.
This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti, Book 6 aloud.
A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti, Book 6 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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