Ariadne em cena: teatralidade na Epistula 10 das Heroides de Ovídio

Abstract

Based on excerpts selected from Ovid's Heroides 10, this article analyses the effects that arise from the poet’s use of a mixture of poetic genres. In our view, this Ovidian work explores not only the relationship between epistle and elegy, but also some features of drama, such as dramatic irony. We argue, therefore, that Ariadne, who is both the heroine and author of the missive, through her writing and feminine voice, sets the boundaries of her scenic space and positions herself in it, performing her amorous quarrel through a literary piece that links dramatic genre to epistolary elegy.