Ovid on February 9th

[strange_complex]

I really like what Ovid has to say about Februry 9th in his Fasti1: so much, in fact, that I am going to share it with you here. The reference at the beginning relates to the last entry: he didn't write about every single day of the year, just the important ones.

"When, five days later, the Morning Star has lifted up its radiance bright from out

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[stompyboots]

I really liked that! More on future notable days please!

[strange_complex]

I'll see what I can do!

The problem tends to be that when days are really notable, Ovid bangs on and on about them for pages and pages, and it can all, frankly, get a bit much. I found myself wondering what an LJ-feed of the Fasti would be like this morning when I was typing up this one, but realised it wouldn't actually be much fun due to the length of most of the entries.

Still, if I can catch him being short, charming and pertinent to the day in hand again, I'll post it up!

[stompyboots]

Short and pertinent is good! I keep wanting to call him Ovoid (because I like the sound, not because I'm stupid).

[strange_complex]

He probably wouldn't have minded in the least - his full name was Publius Ovidius Naso, and that last bit, which is what all his friends would have called him, means 'The Nose'. Who knows, maybe he even had an ovoid nose?