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aethiopica
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alexander romance
an ephesian tale
ancient novels
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Category=DNF
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classical antiquity
collection of greek stories
comic parody
concept of novel
COP=United States
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early roman empire
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historical fiction
ideal romance
Language_English
nine complete stories
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popular in renaissance
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prose fiction
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range of classical themes
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travel adventure
true romance
understanding of classical thought
Product details
- ISBN 9780520305595
- Weight: 816g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 May 2019
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, flourished in the early Roman Empire, not only in realistic Latin novels but also and indeed principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure. Enormously popular in the Renaissance, these stories have been less familiar in later centuries. Translations of the Greek stories were not readily available in English before B.P. Reardon’s first appeared in 1989.Nine complete stories are included here as well as ten others, encompassing the whole range of classical themes: romance, travel, adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody. A foreword by J.R. Morgan examines the enormous impact this groundbreaking collection has had on our understanding of classical thought and our concept of the novel.
B.P. Reardon (1928–2009) was Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Irvine.
J.R. Morgan is Professor Emeritus of Arts and Letters at Swansea University.
J.R. Morgan is Professor Emeritus of Arts and Letters at Swansea University.
