Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Reading dangerously: Phyllis, Dido, Ariadne, and Medea
- 2 Reading the future?: Hypsipyle, Medea, and Oenone
- 3 Benefits of communal writing: Canace and Hypermestra
- 4 A feminine reading of epic: Briseis and Hermione
- 5 Reading magically: Deianira and Laodamia
- 6 Reading like a virgin: Phaedra and Ariadne
- 7 Caveat lector: thoughts on gender and power
- Appendix: The authenticity (and “authenticity”) of Heroides 15
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index Locorum
List of abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Reading dangerously: Phyllis, Dido, Ariadne, and Medea
- 2 Reading the future?: Hypsipyle, Medea, and Oenone
- 3 Benefits of communal writing: Canace and Hypermestra
- 4 A feminine reading of epic: Briseis and Hermione
- 5 Reading magically: Deianira and Laodamia
- 6 Reading like a virgin: Phaedra and Ariadne
- 7 Caveat lector: thoughts on gender and power
- Appendix: The authenticity (and “authenticity”) of Heroides 15
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index Locorum
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- The Ovidian Heroine as AuthorReading, Writing, and Community in the Heroides, pp. x - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005