| Ancient Greek Novels: The Fragments: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary Subjects: Greek fiction -- Translations into English; Lost literature -- Greece -- Translations into English; Lost literature -- Greece -- History and criticism; Greek fiction -- History and criticism; Lost literature -- Greece; Greek fiction; 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. |