1st Edition
Ovid's Heroides A New Translation and Critical Essays
Preface
Introduction
Heroides 1: Penelope to Ulysses
Heroides 2: Phyllis to Demophoon
Heroides 3: Briseis to Achilles
Heroides 4: Phaedra to Hippolytus
Heroides 5: Oenone to Paris
Heroides 6: Hypsipyle to Jason
Heroides 7: Dido to Aeneas
Heroides 8: Hermione to Orestes
Heroides 9: Deianira to Hercules
Heroides 10: Ariadne to Theseus
Heroides 11: Canace to Macareus
Heroides 12: Medea to Jason
Heroides 13: Laodamia to Protesilaus
Heroides 14: Hypermestra to Lynceus
Heroides 15: Sappho to Phaon
Heroides 16: Paris to Helen
Heroides 17: Helen to Paris
Heroides 18: Leander to Hero
Heroides 19: Hero to Leander
Heroides 20: Acontius to Cydippe
Heroides 21: Cydippe to Acontius
Glossary of Characters
Select Bibliography
Index
Biography
Paul Murgatroyd has lectured at the University of Natal, South Africa, and McMaster University, Canada, in a career of over 40 years. He is the author of 11 books and over 90 articles in the field of Classical literature, especially Latin poetry, and is a published Latin poet in his own right.
Bridget Reeves received a PhD from McMaster University, Canada, and, currently teaches in Hamilton, Canada. Her research interests are in story-telling, both in prose and in verse, with a focus on the mythological character Europa.
Sarah Parker is a part-time instructor in the Classics department at Brock University, Canada. Her research interests are the ancient novel – those by Apuleius in particular – and Latin literature in general.
This timely translation makes the particular pleasures of the Heroides available to the modern reader. The translations are lively and engaging; each verse letter is accompanied by detailed commentary that throws light on the situation of the individual speaker, and considers the position of that poem in the collection as a whole.
- Dr Mandy Green, Durham University, UK
