The Loeb Classical Library: Heroides. Amores

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The Loeb Classical Library: Heroides. AmoresOvid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BCAD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by his Ars amatoria, and was banished because of this work and some other reason unknown to us, and dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea. He continued writing poetry, a kindly man,

The edition is intended primarily for use by students at school and university but will be of value to anyone interested in reading the play in the original

scientific work was part of broader culture

Εκείνος έχει γίνει ένας αξιοθαύμαστος άντρας

Trimalchio brags about his wealth

This new translation and commentary provide the modern reader with the opportunity to appraise Aristotle’s ideas in relation to the cosmologies of his predecessors

from loving to enraged

his particular connection to dramatic role-playing

the structure and style of the speech

The short-lived genre of Latin love elegy produced spectacular

but this explanation is not enough

Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher

Και για πρώτη φορά ο Χαρίτος μακριά από την Αθήνα

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