Heroides vs Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Latin Love poetry, Love-letters, Latin Epistolary poetry, Classical Mythology, Women, History and criticism
Heroides
The "autres ouvrages" of Bachet are, "Virginis Deiparæ ad Christvm filium. Epistola. Nec non, & alia quædam poëmatia", and "Rime toscane"
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The verdict
- Readers rate Heroides highest: Heroides 4.1 · Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores 3.7.
- Heroides is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores.
- Heroides has the widest readership — 3927 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Heroides | Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (3927) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (7) | — |
Reception
| Heroides | Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3927 | 2 |
| Editions | 86 | 75 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 7136 | — |
| Reading it now | 217 | — |
| Written reviews | 267 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1537 | — |
| Pages | 304 | 523 |