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Ovid, Heroides: A Selection, Paperback / softback Book

Ovid, Heroides: A Selection Paperback / softback

Edited by Dr Christina (Teacher of Classics, Brentwood School, UK, Brentwood School, UK) Tsaknaki

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This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Ovid's Heroides, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Heroides I lines 1–68, and Heroides VII lines 1–140, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed text to be read in English. Ovid’s Heroides is a unique collection of poetry, in which famous mythological heroines write letters to the men who have abandoned them.

They offer a new perspective on the otherwise male-centred mythological tradition.

Heroides I (from Penelope) and VII (from Dido) respond to the most famous Classical epics, Homer’s Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid, by presenting a new, less positive, angle on the two famous epic heroes.

Through his heroines' unique voices, Ovid plays with literary tradition, inviting us all to take a side: epic heroism or loyalty in love?Resources are available on the Companion Website.

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