Ebook: Ovid's Heroines

Ovid's Heroides, written in Rome some time between 25 and 16 BC, was once his most popular work. The title translates as Heroines. It is a series of poems in the voices of women from Greek and Roman myth – including Phaedra, Medea, Penelope and Ariadne – addressed to the men they love. Claimed as both the first book of dramatic monologues and the first of epistolary fiction, Heroines is also a radical text in its literary transvestism, and in presenting the same story from often very different, subjective perspectives. For a long time it was Ovid's most influential work, loved by Chaucer, Dant.;Cover; Description; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Heroines; 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: Hypermestra to Lynceus; XV: Sappho to Phaon; Glossary of names; Further Reading; About the Author; Copyright.