This is Ovid's wittily imagined version of the letters exchanged by three famous pairs of lovers.
Introduction: 1. The double letters; 2. The three stories: sources, models, treatment; 3. The 'Gedichtbuch'; 4. Style and authorship; 5. Text and transmission; P. OVIDI NASONIS HEROIDVM EPISTVLAE XVI¿XXI; COMMENTARY; Appendix: Greek proper names in Heroides XVI¿XXI; Indexes.