In another portion, a youth in this work inscribes the phrase "I swear by Artemis that I will marry" on an apple and tosses it by Cydippe's feet.
Andre de la Vigne wrote four poems in imitation of this book after reading the translation of it by Octavien de Saint-Gelais. In one part of this book, the speaker attributes his beauty and wit to his mother's vision of giving birth to a "great flaming torch." In another portion, a youth in this work inscribes the phrase "I swear by Artemis that I will marry" on an apple and tosses it by Cydippe's feet. One of this collection's speakers reminds the boatsman Phaon about the kisses that he once praised. The twelfth entry in this volume is addressed to a warrior who is warned by his wife not to be the first to disembark from his ship. Entries in this collection include one in which Laodamia addresses Protesilaus, and the first one, in which Penelope addresses the long absent Ulysses. For 10 points, name this collection of verse epistles written mostly from the perspective of troubled mythological women, a work of Ovid.
Andre de la Vigne wrote four poems in imitation of this book after reading the translation of it by Octavien de Saint-Gelais.
the Heroides [or The Heroines; or The Letters of Heroines; or Epsitulae Herodium]