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P. Ovidius Naso, Heroides 16 to 21

By: J. B. Hall, A. L. Ritchie, Michael Edwards

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Ovid's Heroides, or Letters of Heroines, is a collection of fictional letters from heroines to their absent lovers. This volume offers an essential databank for the final six poems: the three pairs of letters. It is arranged as an enlarged critical apparatus for the text.

The Heroides, or Letters of Heroines, is a collection of twenty-one fictional letters composed by the famous Augustan poet Ovid (43 BC-AD 17/18). It is…
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The Heroides, or Letters of Heroines, is a collection of twenty-one fictional letters composed by the famous Augustan poet Ovid (43 BC-AD 17/18). It is a widely read work of elegiac poetry which is of special interest to students of gender literature. The poems, which take the form of fifteen letters from heroines to their absent lovers and three pairs of letters to a lover with a reply, have frequently been edited and translated into English in both prose and verse. The present volume offers a databank for the final six poems in the collection, the three pairs of letters from and to a hero and a heroine. The material here presented is essential for understanding the way in which the text has been established. It is arranged in the form of an enlarged critical apparatus so that the reader will have no difficulty in finding information relevant to an enquiry.

J. B. Hall taught Latin at Bedford College, University of London, subsequently at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, and is now retired as Hildred Carlile Professor of Latin Emeritus. He has co-edited and translated the works of Statius in five volumes, and has produced an edition and separately a translation of John of Salisbury’s Metalogicon.

A. L. Ritchie received an MA with Distinction in classics from the University of London. She was a freelance copy-editor of learned journals and a translator of Latin texts, and co-edited the works of Statius in five volumes.

M. J. Edwards is Professor of Classics and Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published widely on the Attic Orators, Plutarch and the Latin philosophical works of Francis Bacon. He co-edited the works of Statius in five volumes.

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-5275-3005-1
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-3005-8
  • Date of Publication: 2023-10-23

Paperback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-1080-3
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-1080-3
  • Date of Publication: 2024-07-31

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-5275-3006-X
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-3006-5
  • Date of Publication: 2024-07-31

Subject Codes:

  • BIC: DC, DSBB, DSC
  • THEMA: DC, DSBB, DSC
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