Hellenistic romance: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Translations into English include B.P. Reardon (ed.), Collected Ancient Greek Novels (1989); Susan A. Stephens and John J. Winkler (eds.), Ancient Greek Novels: The Fragments (1995); and William Hansen (ed.), Anthology of Ancient Greek Popular Literature (1998).

There are good discussions in B.E. Perry, The Ancient Romances (1967); Tomas Hägg, The Novel in Antiquity, rev. trans. (1983, reissued 1991; originally published in Swedish, 1980); B.P. Reardon, The Form of Greek Romance (1991); and Niklas Holzberg, The Ancient Novel (1995; originally published in German, 1986).

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Invalidated site: Oxford Journal - Hellenism. Feb 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Oxford Journal - Hellenism. Oct 07, 2016
Article thoroughly revised. May 02, 2008
Bibliography revised. May 02, 2008
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