Collected ancient Greek novels
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Author
Contributions
- Reardon, Bryan P. - Contributor
Publication
1989 - University of California Press, Berkeley, California
Language
English
Word Count
206,750 words, Guess
Page Count
827 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2044184M
- ISBN-100520043030
- OCLC Control Number18166651
- Library of Congress Control Number88021093
- LibraryThing20655
Classifications
- DDC883/.01/08
- LCCPA3632 .C65 1989
Description
Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, did in fact flourish 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 to which they are related. 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 excellent volume. Nine complete stories are included here as well as ten others, encompassing the whole range of classical themes: ideal romance, travel adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody. A new 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.
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