Ovid Daily's Summer Book Club 2023

The Heroides

Salvete Ovid Lovers!

This year’s Summer Book Club will feature Ovid’s Heroides!

The Heroides are 21 letters from mythological heroines and heroes, written in elegiac couplets. The first fifteen poems are also known as the Single Heroides and feature letters from heroines to their lovers with no response, including: Penelope to Odysseus, Dido to Aeneas, Medea to Jason, among many others. The last six, also known as the Double Heroides, are paired letters from heroes and responses from heroines, including Paris and Helen, among others.

The Heroides will run from Monday, July 10, 2023 to Monday, September 25, 2023. Each poem will be spread over 2 to 3 days, depending on its length. The Latin and translation will be those featured in Grant Showerman’s 1914 edition.

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Schedule:

July 10 & 11: Penelope to Odysseus

July 13 & 14: Phyllis to Demophoon

July 17 & 18: Briseis to Achilles

July 20 & 21: Phaedra to Hippolytus

July 24 & 25: Oenone to Paris

July 27 & 28: Hypsipyle to Jason

July 31 & August 1: Dido to Aeneas

August 3 & 4: Hermione to Orestes

August 7 & 8: Deianira to Hercules

August 10 & 11: Ariadne to Theseus

August 14 & 15: Canace to Macareus

August 17 & 18: Medea to Jason

August 21 & 22: Laodamia to Protesilaus

August 24 & 25: Hypermnestra to Lynceus

August 28 & 29: Sappho to Phaon

August 31, September 1 & 2: Paris to Helen

September 5, 6 & 7: Helen’s response to Paris

September 11 & 12: Leander to Hero

September 14 & 15: Hero’s response to Leander

September 18, 19 & 20: Acontius to Cydippe

September 23, 24 & 25: Cydippe’s response to Acontius

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