Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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Volume 57: Issue 2-3
Juno in the proemium of Ovid’s Fasti 6: Considerations on the reconciliatory role of the goddess
Author:
Beatrice Poletti Dept. of History and Classics University of Alberta Edmonton Canada

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Pages:
189–206
Online Publication Date:
Jun 2017
Publication Date:
01 Jun 2017
Article Category:
Journal Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/068.2017.57.2-3.5
Keywords:
Parodies of Aeneid; divine contests; Juno’s reconciliations; evocatio; archaic Italian religion; Carmen saeculare; Heracles and Hera; Romulus and Titus Tatius; curiae; Concordia Augusta
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In the opening of Fasti 6, Ovid proposes different explanations for the origin of the month name June by means of a competition between three goddesses: Juno, Juventas, and Concordia. Each goddess puts forth an etymology for June that derives from her own name or individual attributions, alimenting the indecisiveness of the poet who eventually walks out of the scene unable to return a verdict. As she is depicted in this text, Juno might appear as a parodic version of the Virgilian goddess and the ideas she represents. To a close reading, however, it is evident that Juno has retained her reconciliatory function, which has allowed the Roman development, and moreover has been enriched by characteristics that look back at her ancient Italian cult and, at the same time, place her in the new Augustan reality. In particular, Ovid blends the early martial and political aspects of the goddess with her function as protectress of legitimate marriage, which seems to have been prominent in the Augustan period. In fact, Ovid emphasizes that conjugal union is the means by which Juno ends her hostility and enables further growth and development.

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