Overview

This 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.

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Author:   John Hilton
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   480
Weight:   0.834kg
ISBN:  

9789004691520

ISBN 10:   9004691529
Pages:   414
Publication Date:   31 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface 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

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John Hilton is a researcher in Classics at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He has published widely in the fields of the ancient Greek and Roman novel, Classics Reception Studies, ancient slavery, Roman Law, and onomastics.

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