This is Ovid's wittily imagined version of the letters exchanged by
three famous pairs of lovers. Heroides XVI-XXI constitute an
artfully constructed triptych: Hero and Leander's tragedy of high
romance and fleeting happiness framed by two ironic comedies, that
of Paris and Helen distinctly black, that of Acontius and Cydippe
ending the book on a note of tantalising ambiguity. This is the
first edition of these poems with commentary in any language since
1898. It provides a substantially improved text, together with all
the guidance needed by students for the understanding of Ovid's
Latin and the appreciation of his poetic art. The Introduction
offers the first adequate discussion ever published of the poet's
treatment of his literary sources and models, and deals succinctly
but decisively with the question of authorship.
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