Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon

• Recent revival of interest in the 'Greek novel'
• Bizarre, erotic, and risque content
• New translation, which aims to capture the exuberant varity of Achilles Tatius' writing
• Includes an 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 Early Modern novel

Readership: Scholars and students of Greek literature and the history of the novel

Tim Whitmarsh, Tim Whitmarsh is Leverhulme Lecturer in Hellenistic Literature, University of Exeter, and Helen Morales, Helen Morales is Lecturer in Classics and Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge

"Its poise and high level of reliability are backed up by helpful notes as well as by Helen Morales' crisp introduction." - Greece & Rome

Introduction
Note on the Translation
Select Bibliography
Chronology of the Ancient Novel
Map
LEUCIPPE AND CLITOPHON
Explanatory Notes
Glossary: Names in Leucippe and Clitophon