Collected Ancient Greek Novels

Author : B. P. Reardon
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520305595

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Collected Ancient Greek Novels by B. P. Reardon Pdf

Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, flourished in the early Roman Empire, not only in realistic Latin novels but also and indeed principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure. Enormously popular in the Renaissance, these stories have been less familiar in later centuries. Translations of the Greek stories were not readily available in English before B.P. Reardon’s first appeared in 1989.Nine complete stories are included here as well as ten others, encompassing the whole range of classical themes: romance, travel, adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody. A foreword by J.R. Morgan examines the enormous impact this groundbreaking collection has had on our understanding of classical thought and our concept of the novel.

Author : Tomas Hägg
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1991-12-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0520076389

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The Novel in Antiquity by Tomas Hägg Pdf

Tracing the development of Greek romances from 200 B.C. through twelfth-century Byzantium, Tomas Hägg analyses the content, plot and narrative techniques of the ancient novel, and explores the social and literary milieu in which the genre flourished.

Author : Chariton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1764
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015031446845

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The Loves of Chærcas and Callirrhoe. Written Originally in Greek, by Chariton of Aphrodisios. Now First Translated Into English ... by Chariton Pdf

Author : Susan A. Stephens,John J. Winkler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400863389

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Ancient Greek Novels by Susan A. Stephens,John J. Winkler Pdf

The recent discovery of fragments from such novels as Iolaos, Phoinikika, Sesonchosis, and Metiochos and Parthenope has dramatically increased the library catalogue of ancient novels, calling for a fresh survey of the field. In this volume Susan Stephens and John Winkler have reedited all of the identifiable novel fragments, including the epitomes of Iamblichos' Babyloniaka and Antonius Diogenes' Incredible Things Beyond Thule. Intended for scholars as well as nonspecialists, this work provides new editions of the texts, full translations whenever possible, and introductions that situate each text within the field of ancient fiction and that present relevant background material, literary parallels, and possible lines of interpretation. Collective reading of the fragments exposes the inadequacy of many currently held assumptions about the ancient novel, among these, for example, the paradigm for a linear, increasingly complex narrative development, the notion of the "ideal romantic" novel as the generic norm, and the nature of the novel's readership and cultural milieu. Once perceived as a late and insignificant development, the novel emerges as a central and revealing cultural phenomenon of the Greco-Roman world after Alexander. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : ]. R. Morgan,Richard Stoneman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317799375

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Greek Fiction by ]. R. Morgan,Richard Stoneman Pdf

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Marília Futre Pinheiro,Silvia Montiglio
Publisher : Barkhuis
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789491431937

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Philosophy and the Ancient Novel by Marília Futre Pinheiro,Silvia Montiglio Pdf

The papers assembled in this volume explore a relatively new area in scholarship on the ancient novel: the relationship between an ostensibly non-philosophical genre and philosophy. This approach opens up several original themes for further research and debate. Platonising fiction was popular in the Second Sophistic and it took a variety of forms, ranging from the intertextual to the allegorical, and discussions of the origins of the novel-genre in antiquity have centred on the role of Socratic dialogue in general and Plato’s dialogues in particular as important precursors. The papers in this collection cover a variety of genres, ranging from the Greek and Roman novels to utopian narratives and fictional biographies, and seek by diverse methods to detect philosophical resonances in these texts.

Author : Suzanne Macalister
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135086435

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Dreams and Suicides by Suzanne Macalister Pdf

This study discusses the Greek novel through the ages, from the genre's flowering in late Antiquity to its learned revival in twelfth-century Byzantium. Its unique feature is its full coverage of the Byzantine novels, demonstrating that they both depend upon and react against the ancient novel, and can only be understood against the cultural backdrop of ancient Greek literature. Dreams and Suicides analyses the cultural symptoms and attitudes portrayed or implied in the novels, thus rooting them in a social rather than merely a literary context. For all students of ancient culture, this book provides important and original insights into the genre of ancient literature.

Author : Konstantin Doulamis
Publisher : Barkhuis
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9789077922859

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Echoing Narratives by Konstantin Doulamis Pdf

Intertextuality has been recognised as an important feature of ancient prose fiction and yet it has only received sporadic attention in modern scholarship, despite the recent explosion of interest in the ancient novels. This volume is intended to make a contribution towards filling this gap by drawing attention to, and throwing fresh light on, the presence in ancient Greek and Roman narratives of earlier literary echoes. While one volume is by no means sufficient to remedy the problem of the relative lack of scholarship on the topic, nevertheless it is hoped that the present collection will create scope for debate and will generate greater scholarly interest in this area. Most of the articles collected here originated in the colloquium 'The Ancient Novel and its Reception of Earlier Literature', which was held at University College Cork in August 2007. They investigate the interconnection between Graeco-Roman narratives and earlier or contemporary works, and consider ways in which intertextual exploration is invited from the readers of these texts. What prompts the reader to associate a passage with an earlier text? What triggers in a text the evocation of motifs from antecedent literature? How might we interpret an identified allusion? In what ways can intertextuality function as a device of characterisation? These are among the questions explored by the chapters in this volume, which concentrate on the 'canonical' Greek romances and the Roman novels but also cover other novel-like works, such as the Alexander Romance and Alexander's Letter to Aristotle About India, and the Story of Apollonius King of Tyre.

Author : Barry B. Powell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520391697

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Greek Poems to the Gods by Barry B. Powell Pdf

The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymn—as poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophy—was a vital art form throughout antiquity. Although the Homeric Hymns have long been popular, other equally important collections have not been readily accessible to students eager to learn about ancient poetry. In reading hymns, we also gain valuable insight into life in the classical world. In this collection, early Homeric Hymns of uncertain authorship appear along with the carefully wrought hymns of the great Hellenistic poet and courtier Callimachus; the mystical writings attributed to the legendary poet Orpheus, written as Christianity was taking over the ancient world; and finally, the hymns of Proclus, the last great pagan philosopher of antiquity, from the fifth century AD, whose intellectual influence throughout western culture has been profound. Greek Poems to the Gods distills over a thousand years of the ancient Greek hymnic tradition into a single volume. Acclaimed translator Barry B. Powell brings these fabulous texts to life in English, hewing closely to the poetic beauty of the original Greek. His superb introductions and notes give readers essential context, making the hymns as accessible to a beginner approaching them for the first time as to an advanced student continuing to explore their secrets. Brilliant illustrations from ancient art enliven and enrichen the experience of reading these poems.

Author : Susan A. Stephens,John J. Winkler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Greek fiction
ISBN : OCLC:1409192018

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Ancient Greek Novels by Susan A. Stephens,John J. Winkler Pdf

Author : Stephen M. Trzaskoma
Publisher : Barkhuis
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789492444899

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Literary Currents and Romantic Forms by Stephen M. Trzaskoma Pdf

Bryan Reardon (1928-2009) was one of the most important and influential figures in the revival of scholarly interest in the Greek novel and ancient fiction in the last quarter of the twentieth century. His organisation of the first International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN) at Bangor, North Wales, in 1976 was a landmark in the field and an inspiration to the organisers of subsequent ICANs, from which Ancient Narrative itself sprang. As editor of Collected Ancient Greek Novels (University of California Press 1989; second edition 2008), he made the Greek novels accessible to a wider readership and won a place for them in university syllabuses across the English-speaking world. This volume contains twenty essays by leading scholars of ancient fiction, who were all pupils, colleagues or close friends of Bryan Reardon, in memory of his scholarship, energy, guidance and humanity. They cover a range of topics including ancient literary theory and the conceptualisation of fiction, discussion of individual novels (Chariton, Longus, Iamblichus, Achilles Tatius, and Apuleius) and novelistic texts (a papyrus fragment of a lost novel, and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius), the afterlife of the ancient novel (in a Renaissance commentary on Roman law, in a seventeenth-century essay on the origin of the novel, and in a seventeenth-century series of paintings in a French château), and a speculative reconstruction of the morning after the end of Heliodorus' novel. The title of the volume commemorates two of Bryan Reardon's most important books: Courants littéraires grecs des IIe et IIIe siècles après J.-C. (Paris 1971) and The Form of Greek Romance (Princeton 1991); and the photograph of Aphrodisias on the front cover is a tribute to his critical edition of Chariton (2004).

Author : William Hansen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-04-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0253211573

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Anthology of Ancient Greek Popular Literature by William Hansen Pdf

Not all readers in ancient Greece whiled away the hours with Homer, Plato, or Sophocles - at least, not always. Many enjoyed light reading, such as can be found in the pages of this lively anthology. Various types of popular writing - novels, short stories, books of jokes or fables, fortune-telling handbooks - trace their origins to the ancient Mediterranean. In fact, some of this literature was so successful that it remained in circulation for centuries, even into the Middle Ages. Translated into other languages, these works were the best sellers of their time and remain enjoyable reading today. They are also fascinating social documents that reveal much about the daily lives, humor, loves, anxieties, fantasies, values, and beliefs of ordinary men and women.

Author : Suzanne MacAlister
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Byzantine fiction
ISBN : 9780415070058

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Dreams and Suicides by Suzanne MacAlister Pdf

This study discusses the Greek novel through the ages, from the genre's flowering in late Antiquity to its learned revival in twelfth-century Byzantium. It provides important and original insights into the genre of ancient literature.

Author : Irene J.F. de Jong,René Nünlist
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789047422938

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Time in Ancient Greek Literature by Irene J.F. de Jong,René Nünlist Pdf

This is the second volume of a new narratological history of Ancient Greek lietrature, which deals with aspects of time: the order in which events are narrated, the amount of time devoted to the naration, and the number of times they are presented.

Author : Editors of Canterbury Classics
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684125616

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Ancient Greek Philosophers by Editors of Canterbury Classics Pdf

"Philosophy begins in wonder." --Plato Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of Ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of enlightened exploration into ethics, morality, law, medicine, and more. With an introduction by a distinguished scholar of classic literature, this Canterbury Classics volume is sure to be a favorite keepsake edition.