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The Ovid Library

The Ovid Library

Written 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 XII - Medea to Jason

    Heroides XII - Medea to Jason
    Sep 27 2026
    In which Medea, once a devoted wife and sorceress, laments her banishment and the bitter betrayal by Jason, recalling the daring deeds borne of her magic and love. Amidst sorrowful reflections on lost trust and the anguish of exile, she pleads for the husband who owes his glory to her aid to return to the bed they once shared.
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    16 mins
  • 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
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