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ISBN-10: 0140423559
ISBN-13: 9780140423556
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 10/02/1990
Dimensions: 7.77" L, 5.05" W, 0.70" H

Heroides

Translator: Harold Isbell
Introduction by: Harold Isbell
Notes by: Harold Isbell

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Overview

In the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness and torment of love, as the writers tell of their pain at separation, forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal. The faithful Penelope wonders at the suspiciously long absence of Ulysses, while Dido bitterly reproaches Aeneas for too eagerly leaving her bed to follow his destiny, and Sappho – the only historical figure portrayed here – describes her passion for the cruelly rejecting Phaon. In the poetic letters between Paris and Helen the lovers seem oblivious to the tragedy prophesied for them, while in another exchange the youthful Leander asserts his foolhardy eagerness to risk his life to be with his beloved Hero.

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Details

ISBN-10: 0140423559
ISBN-13: 9780140423556
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 10/02/1990
Dimensions: 7.77" L, 5.05" W, 0.70" H
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