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Achilles Tatius
Greek novelist from Alexandria, author of ‘The Story of Leucippe and Cleitophon’ (Ta kata Leukippēn kai Kleitophōnta) in eight books. Shown by papyri to be circulating by the late 2nd cent. ad, it ...
Aristides
Greek writer (origin unknown) of Milesian Tales (Μιλησιακά). A copy was allegedly found in a Roman officer's kit after the battle of Carrhae (Aristotle Crassus 32. 4–6). This story, and ...
Heliodorus
Greek novelist. His ten-book Ethiopian Story of Theagenes and Charicleia (Aithiopika ta peri Theagenēn kai Charikleian) closes with a signature naming his father as Theodosius ‘of the race of the ...
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Ewen Lyall Bowie
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Greek writer of The pastoral Story of Daphnis and Chloe (Poimenika ta kata Daphnin kai Chloēn), which he presents as a guide's explanation of a painting he saw while hunting on Lesbos. His ...
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of The Pastoral Story of Daphnis and Chloe (Ποιμενικὰ τὰ κατὰ Δάφνιν καὶ Χλόην), which he presents as a guide's explanation of a painting he saw while ...
Philitas
Of Cos, poet and scholar, b. c.340 bc. Although little of his work has survived, Philitas clearly influenced Hellenistic and Latin poetry. He came to represent the combination of literary scholarship ...
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