Ovid: Heroides : Select Epistles (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

Rating:
Summary: Great Textbook!
Review: My Latin class is using this text this quarter, and we find it excellent. It includes a large introduction with explanations of the myths involved, and which tells about Ovid's life. The book also includes many, many notes that give suggested translations for difficult lines and explain ambiguous references. The text includes Heroides letters 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, and the "incerti auctoris epistula Sapphus ad Phaonem". Enjoy!

Rating:
Summary: Great prof, better book
Review: Of course if you don't read Latin you don't want to read this book, that is what it is for! The epistles are well selected and the commentary is right on...exactly what I would expect of Knox.

Rating:
Summary: Caveat Lector! Translation: Reader Beware!
Review: Readers should note that if you do not read Latin (and I don't), you will not be able to read the actual epistles in this book - only the introduction and the commentary. Since I will have to order another version of the Heroides to actually read the ancient text, I cannot yet comment on the English commentary included in this book! I am giving it a two for now.