The Novel in the Ancient World

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Contents

1. Preface

2. The Genre: Novels Proper and the Fringe

3. The Rise of the Greek Novel

4. The Ancient Readers of the Greek Novels

5. Popular and Sophisticated in the Ancient Novel

6. Characterization in the Ancient Novel

7. Mystery Religions, Aretalogy and the Ancient Novel

8. Women in the Ancient Novel

9.A Study on the Margin of the Ancient novel: "Barbarians" and Others

10. The Social and Economic Structures of the Ancient Novels

11. Modern Critical Theories and the Ancient Novel

12. Major Authors Greek (A-E) and Roman (F-H)

A. Chariton

B. Xenophon of Ephesus

C. Longus, Daphnis and Chloe

D. Achilles Tatius

E. Heuodoros

F. The Satyrica of Petronius

G. Apuleius' Metamorphoses

H. Historia Apouonii Regis Tyri

13. Novel-like Works of Extended Prose Fiction I

A Lucian's Verae Historiae

B. The Truth and Nothing but the Truth:Dicits and Dares

C. Xenophon of Athens: The Cyropaedia

D. The Metamorphoses of the Alexander Romance

E. Philostratus on Apollonius of Tyana:the Unpredictable on the Unfathomable

14. Novel-like Works of Extended Prose Fiction II

A. Utopias and Fantastic Travel:euhemerus,Iambulus

B. History: Ctesias

C. Fable: Aesop. Life of Aesop

D. Rhetoric: Dio Chrysostom

E. Letters: Chion

15. Fragments of Lost Novels 1

16. The Ancient Novel Becomes Christian

17. The Byzantine Revival of the Ancient Novel

18. The Heritage of the Ancient Greek Novelin France and Britain

19. The Nachleben of the Ancient Novel Iniberian Literature in the Sixteenth Century

20. Maps

A. The World of the Ancient Novels

B. Charlton―Chalreas ano Callirhoe

C. Xenophon of Ephesus―An Ephesian Tale

D. Achilles Tatius―Leucippe and Clitophon

E. Heliodorus―An Ethiopian Tale

F. Petronius―The Saryricon

G. Apollonius King of Tyre

H. Homer―The Odyssey

I. Apollonius of Rhodes―Voyage of the Argo

J. Virgil―The Aeneid

K. Paul's Journey to Rome

L. Travelers to the Holy Land

Bibliography

Index