Heroides-- select epistles

by Ovid

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Title Statements

Full title :Heroides-- select epistles / Ovid ; edited by Peter E. Knox.

Summary

The collection of twenty one epistles in elegiac verse consists of three parts, the first comprising fourteen poems addressed by heroines of mythology to their absent lovers or husbands. In this edition, Professor Knox offers a commentary on seven of these epistles, addressing problems of language and style, and focusing on the relationship of the Heroides to the classic works of Greek and Roman literature on which Ovid bases his representation of these women. In addition, he has included a commentary on the Epistula Sapphus, a separate poem of doubtful authorship which was composed in the manner of Ovid and is believed by many to be by him. The introduction provides an account of the genre, a survey of language, style, and metre, and an outline of the problems concerning the authenticity of parts of the collection.

This edition is intended primarily for students and scholars in classics, but the introduction contains material of interest to readers who are not specialists in Latin literature.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:lat
Publication Date:1995.

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 329 pages ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521362792, 9780521362795, 0521368340, 9780521368346
oclc:ocm31867483
LC Classification:PA6519
Dewey Decimal:871/.01

Machine derived contents note: Introduction: 1. The poet -- 2. The collection -- 3. The Epistula Sapphus -- 4. The epistles -- 5. The transmission of the text -- P. Ovidi Nasonis Epistvulae Heroidvm Selectae -- Incerti Avctoris Epistvla Sapphvs Ad Phaonem -- Commentary -- Bibliography -- Indexes to the commentary.

Subjects

Epistolary poetry, Latin Femmes -- Poésie Latin poetry Lettres d'amour -- Poésie Literatura grega Love poetry, Latin Love-letters Love-letters -- Poetry Mythologie ancienne -- Poésie Mythology, Classical Mythology, Classical -- Poetry Ovid Poésie Poésie d'amour latine Poésie épistolaire latine Poetry Women Women -- Poetry