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Greek Fiction: Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion

A trio of tales offering an eye-opening alternative view of ancient Greece's literary culture.

A fascinating counterpoint to the monumental epics of ancient Greece, Greek Fiction features three novelistic works written between the first and fourth centuries AD. Chariton's "Callirhoe"-perhaps the first novel ever written-is the stirring tale of two star-crossed lovers who are torn apart when Callirhoe is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Longus's "Daphnis and Chloe" tells the story of a boy and girl-both abandoned at birth-who grow up to fall in love and battle pirates. "Letters of Chion" is an early thriller about tyranny and political assassination. Together these works open a welcome window onto ancient Greece's little-explored legacy of prose fiction.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 352
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-14-044925-9
  • EAN
  • 9780140449259
  • Genres
  • classics, ancient, fiction, mythology
  • Release date
  • 2011