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Quotation from Heroides by Ovid
“Kept close in the palace am I, bound with heavy chains; and the cause of my punishment is that I was faithful.”
Heroides, Letter XIV (Hypermnestra to Lynceus), trans. Grant Showerman (1914)
The one daughter of Danaus who refused to kill her husband on the wedding night writes from prison.
Citation: "Kept close in the palace am I, bound with heavy chains; and the cause of my punishment is that I was faithful." — Ovid, Heroides, Letter XIV (Hypermnestra to Lynceus), trans. Grant Showerman (1914). (id ovid-heroides-q5)
