{"product_id":"ovid-heroides-select-epistles-paperback-9780521368346","title":"Ovid: Heroides; Select Epistles (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521368346","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOvid: Heroides\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelect Epistles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA commentary on seven of Ovid's twenty-one epistles in elegiac verse.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOvid (Author), Peter E. Knox (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521368346, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 January 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages\u003cbr\u003e18.6 x 12.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.364 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Knox provides an introduction to Ovid's Heroides, useful for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professional classicists.  Moreover, careful study of the notes can serve as an excellent introduction to the broader topic of Ovidian language, style, and metrics.\"    Betty Rose Nagle, Classical World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOvid's Heroides, a collection of twenty-one epistles in elegiac verse, consists of two groups, the first comprising fourteen poems addressed by heroines of mythology to their absent lovers or husbands. In this edition, Professor Knox offers a commentary on seven of these epistles, addressing problems of language and style, and focusing on the relationship of the Heroides to the classic works of Greek and Roman literature on which Ovid bases his representation of these women. In addition, he has included a commentary on the Epistula Sapphus, a separate poem of doubtful authorship which was composed in the manner of Ovid and is believed by many to be by him. The Introduction provides an account of the genre, a survey of language, style and metre, and an outline of the problems concerning the authenticity of parts of the collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: 1. The poet\u003cbr\u003e 2. The collection\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Epistula Sapphus\u003cbr\u003e 4. The epistles\u003cbr\u003e 5. The transmission of the text\u003cbr\u003e P. OVIDI NASONIS EPISTVULAE HEROIDVM SELECTAE\u003cbr\u003e INCERTI AVCTORIS EPISTVLA SAPPHVS AD PHAONEM\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Indexes to the commentary.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000210608408,"sku":"9780521368346","price":26.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521368346i_8d39bd6a-55b3-489e-9f3c-14a74656bfd7.jpg?v=1691375803","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ovid-heroides-select-epistles-paperback-9780521368346","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}