Hermione

Reading notes

• The Art of Love §1.24 Hermione

  Daughter of Helen, beloved of both Orestes and Pylades.

• The Art of Love §2.30 Hermione

  Daughter of Helen and Menelaus; could one prefer the daughter to the more glorious mother?

• The Heroides §8 Hermione

  Daughter of Menelaus and Helen, pledged to Orestes but carried off by Pyrrhus; the speaker, who begs Orestes to win her back.

• The Heroides §16 Hermione

  The young daughter of Helen and Menelaus, from whose lips Paris stole kisses.

• The Cure for Love §24 Hermione

  Daughter of Menelaus and Helen, betrothed to Orestes but given to another, which sharpened his love.