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  Collected Ancient Greek Novels (Paperback) Edited by B.P. Reardon, Foreword by J.R. Morgan

  

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  Short Description for Collected Ancient Greek Novels Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, did in fact flourish in the early Roman Empire, principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure to which they are related. This work includes stories, covering a range of classical themes: ideal romance, travel adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody.
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  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Published: 08 July 2008
  • Format: Paperback 848 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Essays | Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Short Stories
  • ISBN 13: 9780520256552 ISBN 10: 0520256557
  • Sales rank: 134,518

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Full description for Collected Ancient Greek Novels

• 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.