"[Includes] Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. . . . The heroines of the Heroides are women in love who can do nothing but write sad verse letters to their faithless lovers across the sea. They tell their stories and express their feelings in poetry"--Back cover.
A modern translation of Ovid's "The Metamorphoses," his long poem with the central topic of the theme of transformation, as found in the Greek and Roman myths.
Presents a selection of writings by Roman poet Ovid, including the complete elegies from the "Amores," and "Heroides," poems of exile, and excerpts from longer works, rendered in English by a variety of translators.
A biography of ancient Roman poet Virgil, examining his writings, as well as historical and archaeological evidence in an attempt to uncover the truth about his life.
