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If you loved Heroides by Ovid, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient & Medieval Literature, Ancient & Classical, and Classics.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Heroides.

Hesiod, the Poems and Fragments, Done Into English Prose — Hesiod

Hesiod, the Poems and Fragments, Done Into English Prose

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical

The Odyssey — Homer

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical

Joan of Arc — J.K. Jackson

Joan of Arc — J.K. Jackson

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical

Catulli Veronensis Liber — Emil Baehrens

Catulli Veronensis Liber

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical

… Prometheus Bound — Aeschylus

… Prometheus Bound

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical

May-Day and Other Pieces — Ralph Waldo Emerson

May-Day and Other Pieces

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical

The Odes Of Horace — Horace

The Odes Of Horace

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical

Parzival — Wolfram von Eschenbach

Parzival — Wolfram von Eschenbach

Wolfram (von Eschenbach)

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Classics

The Aeneid — Virgil

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Classics

The Epic of Gilgamesh An English Verison with an Introduction — Anonymous

The Epic of Gilgamesh An English Verison with an Introduction

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Classics

The Iliad & the Odyssey 2-Volume Box Set Edition — Homer

The Iliad & the Odyssey 2-Volume Box Set Edition

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Classics

The Divine Comedy Volume 3: Paradise — Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy Volume 3: Paradise

Dante Alighieri

Themes: Ancient, Classical & Medieval • Ancient & Medieval Literature • Classics

The Extant Odes of Pindar — Pindar Ernest Myers

The Extant Odes of Pindar

Pindar Ernest Myers

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Myricae — Giovanni Pascoli

Myricae — Giovanni Pascoli

Giovanni. Pascoli

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Flying U Ranch — B. M. Bower

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Poems and Translations With the Sophy, a Tragedy. Written by the Honourable Sir John Denham, — John Denham

Poems and Translations With the Sophy, a Tragedy. Written by the Honourable Sir John Denham

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Sonetos — Cláudio Manuel da Costa

Cláudio Manuel da Costa

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Specimens of Macaronic Poetry — Richard Beckley

Specimens of Macaronic Poetry

Richard Beckley

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Bacco in Toscana — Francesco Redi

Bacco in Toscana

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

The Defendant — G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

The Bells and Other Poems — Edgar Allan Poe

The Bells and Other Poems

Edgar Allan Poe

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero With His Treatises On Friendship and Old Age — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero With His Treatises On Friendship and Old Age

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Select Epigrams From the Greek Anthology — John William Mackail

Select Epigrams From the Greek Anthology

John William Mackail

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

Barrack-Rooms Ballads — Rudyard Kipling

Barrack-Rooms Ballads

Rudyard Kipling

Themes: Ancient & Medieval Literature • Ancient & Classical • Classics

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Heroides by Ovid. Connected by Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient & Medieval Literature, Ancient & Classical. Authors featured include Hesiod, Homer, J. K. Jackson, Emil Baehrens, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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Ovid’s Poetry of Exile — Ovid

Ovid’s Poetry of Exile

Ars Amatoria — Ovid

Electa ex Ovidii metamorphoseos libris cum annotatiunculis in gratiam rudiorum. Editio altera, recensita, et ad utilitatem studiosæ juventutis accommodatior. (Latin Edition) — Ovid

Electa ex Ovidii metamorphoseos libris cum annotatiunculis in gratiam rudiorum. Editio altera, recensita, et ad utilitatem studiosæ juventutis accommodatior. (Latin Edition)

Incerti auctoris Epistula Sapphus ad Phaonem — Ovid

Incerti auctoris Epistula Sapphus ad Phaonem

Metamorphoses — Ovid

Fastorum libri sex — Ovid

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