Collected Ancient Greek Novels

Name: Collected Ancient Greek Novels
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ISBN: 9780520256552

ISBN-10: 0520256557

ISBN-13: 9780520256552

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: B. P. Reardon, J. R. Morgan

List price: $42.95

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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. Reardonrsquo;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…

Book details

List price: $42.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 7/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 848
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.20" tall
Weight: 2.728
Language: English