Ovid Heroides 16 And 17: Introduction, Text and Commentary

by Andreas Michalopoulos

Overview

Ovid's Heroides , letters in elegiac verse supposedly penned by famous mythological lovers, have attracted renewed scholarly attention over the past twenty or so years. Heroides 16 and 17, the letters exchanged by Paris and Helen, are the subject of this volume. It consists of an Introduction, the Latin text of Heroides 16 and 17 with apparatus criticus , and a detailed commentary followed by bibliography and indexes. Dr. Michalopoulos elucidates the content, structure and background of Heroides 16 and 17 and brings new light to bear on the interpretation of the poems, supplementing Palmer's (1898) old but still useful commentary on the single and double Heroides and Kenney's (1996) valuable commentary on the double Heroides . The Introduction discusses Ovid's treatment of his literary sources and models - mainly his own Amores, Ars Amatoria, and Heroides 5 and 7, and Vergil's Aeneid - and surveys Ovid's language, style and wit. The commentary deals in detail with these same areas and covers relevant aspects of myth, intertextuality, metre and text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780905205441
Publisher:	Francis Cairns Publications
Publication date:	08/28/2006
Series:	ARCA, Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs Series
Pages:	409
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.06(d)

Editorial Reviews

a valuable resource for which students and admirers of Ovid will be grateful.'

Exemplaria Classica, 2007 - E J Kenny