Leucippe and Clitophon

Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risqu? of the five “Greek novels” of idealized love between boy and girl that survive from the time of the Roman empire. Stretching the capacity of the genre to its limits, Achilles’ narrative covers adultery, violence, disembowelment, pederasty, virginity-testing, and a conveniently happy ending. Ingenious and sophisticated in conception, Leucippe and Clitophon is at once subtle, stylish, moving, brash, tasteless, and obscene. This new translation aims to capture Achilles’ writing in all its exuberant variety.

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Author: Achilles Tatius, Tim Whitmarsh
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/28/2009
Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780199555475
Language: English

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