Ovid's Heroides

A New Translation and Critical Essays

Paul Murgatroyd, Bridget Reeves, Sarah Parker

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781138722163
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351758932
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: History

This volume offers up-to-date translations of all 21 epistles of Ovid's Heroides. Each letter is accompanied by a preface explaining the mythological background, an essay offering critical remarks on the poem, and discussion of the heroine and her treatment elsewhere in Classical literature. Where relevant, reception in later literature, film, music and art, and feminist aspects of the myth are also covered. The book also contains an introduction covering Ovid's life and works, the Augustan background, the originality of the Heroides, dating, authenticity and reception. A useful glossary of characters mentioned in the Heroides concludes the book. This is a vital new resource for anyone studying the poetry of Ovid, Classical mythology or women in the ancient world.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Heroides 1 Penelope to Ulysses
• Heroides 2 Phyllis to Demophoon
• Heroides 3 Briseis to Achilles
• Heroides 4 Phaedra to Hippolytus
• Heroides 5 Oenone to Paris
• Heroides 6 Hypsipyle to Jason
• Heroides 7 Dido to Aeneas
• Heroides 8 Hermione to Orestes
• Heroides 9 Deianira to Hercules
• Heroides 10 Ariadne to Theseus
• Heroides 11 Canace to Macareus
• Heroides 12 Medea to Jason
• Heroides 13 Laodamia to Protesilaus
• Heroides 14 Hypermestra to Lynceus
• Heroides 15 Sappho to Phaon
• Heroides 16 Paris to Helen
• Heroides 17 Helen to Paris
• Heroides 18 Leander to Hero
• Heroides 19 Hero to Leander
• Heroides 20 Acontius to Cydippe
• Heroides 21 Cydippe to Acontius
• Glossary of characters in the Heroides
• Select bibliography
• Index