Heroides (Hackett Classics)
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Book Overview
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, and an essay offering critical remarks... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1647921899
ISBN13:9781647921897
Release Date:May 2024
Publisher:Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Length:188 Pages
Weight:0.51 lbs.
Dimensions:8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Mythology becomes real.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Publius Ovidius Naso was born in 43 B.C. and died in 18 A.D. Emperor Augustus banished him - for unknown reasons - to Tomi ( a barren place near the coast of the Black Sea ). A few scholars believe that this was a literary hoax created by Ovidius himself. With 'Heroides' ( Legendary Women ) Ovidius goes against the tradition where only men were allowed to complain in literary fiction about their ill fortune and human cruelty. These women are all characters from the greek mythology like Briseis (Trojan war), Hermione the daughter of Helen and even Sappho as heroine in the legend where she commits suicide by jumping from a cliff into the sea. Ovidius turned these women from rather abstract mythological characters into 'real' persons who could be recognized as such by the audience or the readers of Ovidius' work
very interesting book, but.....
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I recommend this interesting book for everyone who is intersted in the "classical Greek & Roman world". However, I prefer to read it in the original Latin texts. And if you don't read the ancient Latin language well, I suggest you to read a volume(no.225) of the Loeb Classical Library.
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