Heroides |
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Author:
| Ovid, |
Translator:
| Lombardo, Stanley McClure, Melina |
Introduction by:
| Welch, Tara |
Series title: | Hackett Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-64792-189-7 |
Publication Date: | May 2024 |
Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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"What would Greek and Roman myth look like if women had written the stories?" asks Tara Welch in her illuminating Introduction to this volume. Stanley Lombardo and Melina McClure's faithful translation of Ovid's famous letters, purportedly written by heroines of classical antiquity to their absent lovers, offers an inkling of one intriguing possibility.
"What would Greek and Roman myth look like if women had written the stories?" asks Tara Welch in her illuminating Introduction to this volume. Stanley Lombardo and Melina McClure's faithful translation of Ovid's famous letters, purportedly written by heroines of classical antiquity to their absent lovers, offers an inkling of one intriguing possibility.