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Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon Books I–II

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Authors

Edited with Introduction and Notes by
Tim Whitmarsh
, University of Cambridge
Published 2020

Description

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 position of women and men, identity, religion. Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon, the most influential of the novels in antiquity, remains the favourite of many. With its freewheeling plotline, its setting on the edge of…

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Key features

  • Helps students understand the late, sometimes colloquial Greek of the novel
  • Explains and illustrates Achilles' different stylistic techniques and registers, his use of allusion and the interconnectedness of the novel as a whole
  • Clarifies the different gender, sexual, cultural etc. politics of an ancient novel for a student readership highly attuned to these issues

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