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Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC–AD 17/18). Roman poet; the Fasti is his unfinished calendar poem on Roman festivals and their myths (January–June survive).

• Fasti, Book I (Excerpts) c. AD 8 Fasti I Excerpts from Ovid’s calendar poem: why the Roman year begins in midwinter, Janus, and the Kalends of January. Study English from the Latin.