Ovidius, Heroides 4.99–100: Atalanta in the Calydonian boar hunt
Title
Ovidius, Heroides 4.99–100: Atalanta in the Calydonian boar hunt
Date
47 BCE - 17 CE
Type
Poetry
Source Type
Literary source
Translation
And Meleager was on fire for Arcadian Atalanta:
she had the wild boar’s hide as a token of his love.
she had the wild boar’s hide as a token of his love.
Translation used
A. S. Kline's Open Access Poetry Archive (2001)
Text
arsit et Oenides in Maenalia Atalanta;
illa ferae spolium pignus amoris habet.
illa ferae spolium pignus amoris habet.
Edition used
Grant Showerman (ed.), Ovid, Heroides and Amores (= Loeb Classical Library 41), Cambridge, MA – London 1931.
Collection
Citation
Ovidius, “Ovidius, Heroides 4.99–100: Atalanta in the Calydonian boar hunt,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/107.