In "Heroides," Ovid (43 BCE 17CE) allows legendary women to narrate their memories and express their emotions in verse letters to absent husbands and lovers. Ovid s "Amores" are three books of elegies ostensibly about the poet s love affair with his mistr
In "Heroides," Ovid (43 BCE 17CE) allows legendary women to narrate their memories and express their emotions in verse letters to absent husbands and lovers. Ovid s "Amores" are three books of elegies ostensibly about the poet s love affair with his mistress Corinna.