Ovid's Heroides, written in Rome some time between 25 and 16 BC, was once his most popular work. The title translates as Heroines. It is a series of poems in the voices of women from Greek and Roman myth including Phaedra, Medea, Penelope and...
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Ovid's Heroides, written in Rome some time between 25 and 16 BC, was once his most popular work. The title translates as Heroines. It is a series of poems in the voices of women from Greek and Roman myth including Phaedra, Medea, Penelope and Ariadne addressed to the men they love. Claimed as both the first book of dramatic monologues and the first of epistolary fiction, Heroines is also a radical text in its literary transvestism, and in presenting the same story from often very different, subjective perspectives. For a long time it was Ovid's most influential work, loved by Chaucer, Dant
Cover; Description; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Heroines; I: Penelope to Ulysses; II: Phyllis to Demophoon; III: Briseis to Achilles; IV: Phaedra to Hippolytus; V: Oenone to Paris; VI: Hypsipyle to Jason; VII: Dido to Aeneas; VIII: Hermione to Orestes; IX: Deianira to Hercules; X: Ariadne to Theseus; XI: Canace to Macareus; XII: Medea to Jason; XIII: Laodamia to Protesilaus; XIV: Hypermestra to Lynceus; XV: Sappho to Phaon; Glossary of names; Further Reading; About the Author; Copyright
