Description
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a new account, informed by recent scholarship on ancient narrative fiction, of a world that calls to mind the scenes of the Palestrina mosaic, with ships traversing the Nile delta, hippopotamus hunting, religious processions and festivities, and leizurely sightseeing. The commentary argues that the author was most probably an erudite Alexandrian with a polymathic interest in topics as diverse as the arrival of the phoenix in Heliopolis, contemporary art, medical theories of the function of blood in causing psychological imbalances in the young, herbal remedies for poisoning, and the colour of Nile water in glass.
Table of ContentsPreface References and Abbreviations Introduction 1 A Subversive Novel 2 The Author 3 The Date of the Author 4 The Dramatic Date of the Novel 5 Contemporary Elements in L&C 6 Ancient Fiction and the Modern Novel 7 Narrative Technique 8 Structure 9 The Naming of Minor Characters and Slaves 10 Literary Texture and Intertextuality 11 Medicine and Magic 12 Religion, Realism, and Ridicule 13 Reception 14 Language and Style 15 The Text Sigla Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon: Book Three The Structure of Book 3 Book 3: Text, Translation, and Commentary Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon: Book Four The Structure of Book 4 Book 4: Text, Translation, and Commentary Appendix 1: Passages from Ps.-Eustathius Appendix 2: List of Characters Appendix 3: Maps and Illustrations Appendix 4: Statistics References Index Nominum Index Locorum Index Rerum Index Graecitatis
