Ovid's Heroides
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Ovid's Heroides

A New Translation and Critical Essays

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Ovid's Heroides

A New Translation and Critical Essays

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781138722163
eBook ISBN
9781351758932

Table of contents

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