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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 871.01 EAN: 9780140423556 Edition: Reissue ISBN: 0140423559 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: November 25, 2004 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Related Items:
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 Rating: - Mythology becomes 'real'.Publius Ovidius Naso was born in 43 B.C. and died in 18 A.D. Emperor Augustus banished him - for unknown reasons - to Tomi ( a barren place near the coast of the Black Sea ). A few scholars believe that this was a literary hoax created by Ovidius himself. With 'Heroides' ( Legendary Women ) Ovidius goes against the tradition where only men were allowed to complain in literary fiction about their ill fortune and human cruelty. These women are all characters from the greek mythology like Briseis (Trojan war), Hermione the daughter of Helen and even Sappho as heroine in the legend where she commits suicide by jumping from a cliff into the sea. Ovidius turned these women from rather abstract mythological characters into 'real' persons who could be recognized as such by the audience or the readers of Ovidius' work Rating: - Couldn't be more highly recommended.This is an excellent edition of an essential book by the best of the Roman poets (in my humble opinion, of course). Not only is the Heroides an entertaining and very easy-to-read collection of letters, but there is plenty of information provided should you be unfamiliar with any of the myths. Ovid explores the emotional and psychological nature of the principle characters of famous tales of lovers from ancient Greece and Rome, often retaining his renowned sense of playful irony and satire. I would highly recommend this book to anyone even vaguely interested in the literature of the ancient world.  Try searching the Internet for "Heroides (Penguin Classics)" or Ebay for "Heroides (Penguin Classics)". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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