Achilles Tatius Leucippe & Clitophon

Recent revival of interest in the 'Greek novel'Bizarre, erotic, and risque contentNew translation, which aims to capture the exuberant varity of Achilles Tatius' writingIncludesan introduction which sets the text in its historical and literary contexts and detailed explanatory notes.Influence of Leucippe and Clitophon on the literature of the Renaissance and the EarlyModern novelAchilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon (composed in the second century AD) is the most bizarre and risque of the four 'Greek novels' of idealized love between boy and girl that survive from theperiod of the Roman empire. Stretching the capacity of the genre to the limits, Achilles Tatius' narrative covers adultery, violence, evisceration, pederasty, virginity-testing, and, of course, animprobable happy ending. Ingenious and sophisticated in conception, Leucippe and Clitophon is, in execution, at once subtle, stylish, moving, brash, tasteless, and obscene. This new translation aimsto capture the exuberant variety of Achilles Tatius' writing. Detailed notes explain obscurities to the non-specialist and address more complex problems for the benefit of the student and the scholar.A witty and erudite introduction sets Achilles Tatius in his historical and literary contexts.Readership: Scholars and students of Greek literature and the history of the novel'Its poise and high level of reliability are backed up by helpful notes as well as by Helen Morales' crisp introduction.' -Greece & Rome