IL “FINALE” DEI FASTI: UN CASO DI SEMANTIZZAZIONE DELL’INCOMPIUTO

Abstract

This paper deals with the hypothesis, suggested by several critics from the early Nineties onward, that
Ovid’s Fasti is a complete poem in six books. This hypothesis is examined against the backdrop of contemporary
critical interpretations and creative rewritings of Ovidian poetry, with a particular focus on critical
works focused on the fragmentary and heterogeneous nature of the Fasti.