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Quotation from Heroides by Ovid

“Love is a thing ever filled with anxious fear.”

Ovid (spoken by Penelope)

Heroides, Letter I (Penelope to Ulysses), trans. Grant Showerman (1914)

Penelope explains why every rumor from Troy terrified her for her husband's safety.

Citation: "Love is a thing ever filled with anxious fear." — Ovid, Heroides, Letter I (Penelope to Ulysses), trans. Grant Showerman (1914). (id ovid-heroides-q2)

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