Select Epistles provides an in-depth commentary on seven of Ovid’s twenty-one epistles, written in elegiac verse. This study volume of Ovid, published by Cambridge University Press, focuses on language, style, and the literary context of the Heroides.
Description
This edition covers seven of the twenty-one epistles in Ovid’s Heroides, a collection of elegiac letters by mythological heroines to their absent lovers. Professor Knox analyzes language and style and examines their relationship to classical Greek and Roman literature. In addition to the Heroides, the book includes commentary on the Epistula Sapphus, whose authenticity is uncertain but is often attributed to Ovid. The extensive introduction addresses the genre, language use, style, meter, and issues regarding the authenticity of parts of this collection.
Product specifications
- Author: Ovid
- Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Format: Trade paperback (US)
- Publication date: 1996-01-18
- Number of pages: 340
- ISBN: 9780521368346
- Subject: Literary studies: poetry and poets
- BISAC: LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry