Ovid Heroides 11, 13, and 14 : a commentary. By James Reeson

Reeson, James (auth.)

ISBN 10: 9004121404 / ISBN 13: 9789004121409

Published by Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 2001., 2001

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Large octavo (245 x 165 mm), publisher's illustrated hardcover, XII, 357 (+3) S., previous owner's stamp to front fly leaf (Exlibris H. S. Versnel), a well preserved copy. [MnS - Mnemosyne Supplements; 221]. - ISBN: 9789004121409. - Contents/Inhalt : Preliminary Material -- PREFACE -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXT -- CONSPECTUS CODICUM -- SIGLA -- COMPARATIVE TABLE -- COMMENTARIES -- COMMENTARY ON HEROIDES 11, CANACE TO MACAREUS -- COMMENTARY ON HEROIDES 13, LAODAMIA TO PROTESILAUS -- COMMENTARY ON HEROIDES 14 HYPERMESTRA TO LYNCEUS -- LIST OF REFERENCES -- INDEXES -- LATIN WORDS -- GENERAL -- PASSAGES REFERRED TO IN OVID -- PASSAGES REFERRED TO IN OTHER AUTHORS -- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1999.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and indexes.; Original text in Latin; Introductory matter and commentry in English. ||| Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Heroides; Epistolary poetry, Latin History and criticism; Love poetry, Latin History and criticism; Man-woman relationships in literature; Mythology, Classical, in literature; Love-letters in literature; Women in literature; Heroides (Ovid) - Ovid, 43 v. Chr.-17 n. Chr. oder 18 n. Chr. Heroides; Briefdichtung, lateinisch Geschichte und Kritik; Liebeslyrik, Latein Geschichte und Kritik; Mann-Frau-Beziehungen in der Literatur; Mythologie, Klassik, in der Literatur; Liebesbriefe in der Literatur; Frauen in der Literatur; Heroides (Ovid) - [00B | SOD | oR ] 800 g.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ovid Heroides 11, 13, and 14 : a commentary. By James Reeson
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 2001.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004121404
• ISBN 13: 9789004121409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 800 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • ANTIKE - Classical Antiquity - Mnemosyne Supple...

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Synopsis

The volume provides a full literary and textual commentary on three of the verse epistles (Heroides) by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC. – AD. 17): the letter of Canace to her brother-lover Macareus; of Laodamia to the war-hero Protesilaus; and of Hypermestra to Lynceus, the cousin whose life she recently spared. These three poems, together with the letters of Medea (recently the subject of a commentary in the same series) and Sappho, formed the last of Ovid’s three books of heroine letters.

The introduction discusses Ovid’s innovative use both of his sources and of the epistolary form. A text with selective apparatus is provided for each of the three poems, and the detailed commentary is fully indexed.

About the Author

J.E. Reeson, Ph.D. (2000) in Classics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, has been Lecturer in Latin at the University of St Andrews; he is now Teacher in Charge of Classics at Giggleswick School, North Yorkshire. His research interests lie in Augustan and ‘silver’ Latin poetry.