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LCL · Latin

Heroides. Amores

by Ovid

Verse letters from the heroines of legend to the men who abandoned them, with Ovid's own love elegies.

The Edition

Original language
Latin
Translated by
Grant Showerman

Publication

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Series
Loeb Classical Library (LCL)
Series volume
41
Date published
1914-01-01
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Hardcover
Dust jacket
Yes
Total pages
544 pages
ISBN-13
9780674990456

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Contents

  • preface to the second edition
  • The Heroides
    • Introduction
    • 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. Hypermnestra to Lynceus
    • XV. Sappho to Phaon
    • XVI. Paris to Helen
    • XVII. Helen to Paris
    • XVIII. Leander to Hero
    • XIX. Hero to Leander
    • XX. Acontius to Cydippe
    • XXI. Cydippe to Acontius
  • The Amores
    • Manuscripts and Editions
    • In Appreciation of the Amores
    • Book I
    • Book II
    • Book III
  • Index to the Heroides
  • Index to the Amores