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The Ovid Library

The Ovid Library

By: Ovid
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Love changes us. Power transforms us. Fate has a taste for irony.

The Ovid Library brings the works of Ovid to life in full: tales of gods and mortals, desire and betrayal, wit and exile, bodies altered and hearts undone. From the dazzling transformations of the Metamorphoses to the intimate voices of the Heroides and the playful provocations of his love poetry, these are stories that have survived because they still know us.

Come for the myths. Stay for the mischief, beauty, cruelty, longing, and the poet who understood that nothing, not even we ourselves, remains unchanged.Public domain
Episodes
  • Heroides X - Ariadne to Theseus

    Heroides X - Ariadne to Theseus
    Sep 21 2026
    In which Ariadne laments her cruel abandonment by Theseus upon a desolate shore, her grief manifesting in passionate cries and desperate gestures towards the departing ship. Left alone with fearful thoughts of wild beasts and exile, she clings to memories of their shared past and bitterly reproaches the faithless man who betrayed her trust.
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    13 mins
  • Heroides IX - Deianira to Hercules

    Heroides IX - Deianira to Hercules
    Sep 18 2026
    In which Deianira pens a mournful letter to Hercules, lamenting the shadows cast upon his heroic renown by rumours of infidelity and the burdens of his distant labours. She wrestles with jealousy and sorrow, reflecting on her troubled house and the perils entwined with love and loyalty, seeking solace amid the fading light of her hopes.
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    12 mins
  • Heroides VIII - Hermione to Orestes

    Heroides VIII - Hermione to Orestes
    Sep 15 2026
    In which a captive noblewoman, bound by sorrow and kinship, beseeches her absent husband to claim her from the grasp of a rival, invoking the weighty legacy of their shared ancestors and the fierce bonds of family honour. She laments her forsaken youth and fractured loyalties, weaving a lament that blends the personal with the echoes of ancient, star-crossed fates.
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    9 mins
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