Bibliograph

Leucippe and Clitophon, Achilles Tatius ; with an English translation by S. Gaselee

Type

Label

Leucippe and Clitophon, Achilles Tatius ; with an English translation by S. Gaselee

Language

eng

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Leucippe and Clitophon

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

899735321

Responsibility statement

Achilles Tatius ; with an English translation by S. Gaselee

Series statement

Loeb classical library online

Summary

Leucippe and Clitophon, written in the second century CE, is exceptional among the ancient romances in being a first-person narrative: the adventures of the young couple are recounted by the hero himself. Achilles Tatius' style is notable for descriptive detail and for his engaging digressions., Achilles Tatius was a Greek from Alexandria in Egypt; he is now believed to have flourished in the second century CE. Of his life nothing is known, though the Suidas says he became a Christian and a bishop and wrote a work on etymology, one on the sphere, and an account of great men. He is famous however for his surviving novel in eight books, The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon, one of the best Greek love stories. Clitophon relates to a friend the various difficulties which he and Leucippe had to overcome before they are happily united. The story is full of incident and readers are kept in suspense. There are many digressions giving scientific facts, myths, meditations, and so on, the interest of which redeems irrelevance--, Provided by Publisher

Target audience

general

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