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Autore |
Reeson James |
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Ovid Heroides 11,13 and 14 : a commentary / / by James Reeson |
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Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston ; ; Köln : , : Brill, , [2001] |
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©2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) |
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Collana |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; ; 221 |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1999. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-322) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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