Volume I. Heroides. Amores

The faithful Penelope, the forgiving Briseis, the reproachful Dido, the impassioned Medea--a procession of legendary women express their emotions and narrate their memories in the fictional letters to absent husbands and lovers that constitute Ovid's Heroides (Heroines). The moods and situations of these heroines vary widely, but their soliloquies are all dramatic. Six of the poems form exchanges, including an entertaining correspondence between Paris and Helen, and an exchange between Hero and Leander which immortalized their story. This volume also contains Ovid's Amores, three books of elegies ostensibly about the poet's love affair with his mistress Corinna (recalling the elegies of Propertius that revolve around Cynthia).

Series No. 41 / 536 pages / ISBN 0-674-99045-5
  Volume II. Art of Love. Cosmetics. Remedies for Love. Ibis. Walnut-tree. Sea Fishing. Consolation

"The Art of Love" is a vivaciously witty poem on the art of seduction, with illustrative stories interwoven. Ovid tells men how to find a suitable mistress, how to win her and retain her affections; he goes on to instruct women on the art of captivating and retaining a lover. These lessons are cleverly reversed in "Remedies for Love," in which the poet gives directions for falling out of love. This volume also contains "Cosmetics," "Ibis," and three poems now judged not to be by Ovid. Mozley's edition has been revised and updated by G. P. Goold.

Series No. 232 / 396 pages / ISBN 0-674-99255-5
  Volume III. Metamorphoses
Books 1-8

In the Metamophoses Ovid retells in one poetic whole an enormous range of stories of classical mythology. Connected by the theme of miraculous change (hence the title), the narratives pass in review, from the dawn of creation down to the transfiguration of Caesar's soul into a star. Each important myth is touched upon and ingeniously linked to the next as the poet progresses through his historical account. Ovid's most influential work is here given a fluent prose translation.

Series No. 42 / 484 pages / ISBN 0-674-99046-3
  Volume IV. Metamorphoses
Books 9-15

Series No. 43 / 510 pages / ISBN 0-674-99047-1
  Volume V. Fasti

Ovid's splendid poem on the Roman calendar is an invaluable source of information about religious practices: it sets forth for us explanations of the festivals and sacred rites that were noted on the calendar. Here we see, among many others, the Festival of the Dead; the strange fertility rites of the Lupercalia; the merry revels of Midsummer Eve; the casting of effigies into Father Tiber. The poet also relates in graphic detail the legends attached to specific dates. This edition of Fasti offers unusually rich notes and appended commentary as well as J. G. Frazer's classic prose translation.

Series No. 253 / 494 pages / ISBN 0-674-99279-2
  Volume VI. Tristia. Ex Ponto

Series No. 151 / 556 pages / ISBN 0-674-99167-2