Ovidius, Heroides 16.150–155: Helen, following Spartan custom, wrestles naked in the palaestra along with men
Title
Ovidius, Heroides 16.150–155: Helen, following Spartan custom, wrestles naked in the palaestra along with men
Date
47 BCE - 17 CE
Type
Poetry
Source Type
Literary source
Translation
And so Theseus rightly felt love’s flame, for he was acquaint with all your charms, and you seemed fit spoil for the great hero to steal away, when, after the manner of your race, you engaged in the sports of the shining palaestra, a nude maid mingled with nude men.
Translation used
Grant Showerman, Ovid, Heroides and Amores (= Loeb Classical Library 41), Cambridge, MA/London 1914.
Text
ergo arsit merito, qui noverat omnia, Theseus, et visa es tanto digna rapina viro, more tuae gentis nitida dum nuda palaestra ludis et es nudis femina mixta viris.
Edition used
Grant Showerman (ed.), Ovid, Heroides and Amores (= Loeb Classical Library 41), London 1914.
Collection
Citation
Ovidius, “Ovidius, Heroides 16.150–155: Helen, following Spartan custom, wrestles naked in the palaestra along with men,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/33.