Leucippe and Clitophon (Achilles Tatius)

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Leucippe and Clitophon

by Whitmarsh, Tim, Achille Tatius

fromCambridge Greek and Latin classics

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"The Greek Novels have moved from the margins to the centre-stage over recent decades, not just because of their literary qualities and thrilling narratives, but also because they offer revealing insights into the culture of the Greek world of the Roman Empire: sexual mores, the…

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Leucippe and Clitophon

by Achilles Tatius

fromCambridge Greek and Latin classics

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"Achilles Tatius' The Matters Concerning Leucippe and Clitophon - hereafter L&C - was arguably the single most significant literary text written in Greek in the second century ce (Section 2(a)). We know little, however, about its author. A notice in the Suda, the tenth-century B…

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Decoding the ancient novel: the reader and the role of description in Heliodo…

by Bartsch, Shadi

fromPrinceton legacy library

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Using a reader-oriented approach, Shadi Bartsch reconsiders the role of detailed descriptive accounts in the ancient Greek novels of Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius and in so doing offers a new view of the genre itself. Bartsch demonstrates that these passages, often misunderstoo…