Achilles Tatius was a Greek from Alexandria in Egypt; he is now believed to have flourished in the second century CE. Of his life nothing is known, though the Suidas says he became a Christian and a bishop and wrote a work on etymology, one on the sphere, and an account of great men. He is famous ho
Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon. A Commentary
β Scribed by Ebbe Vilborg
- Publisher
- Almqvist & Wiksell
- Year
- 1962
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 140
- Series
- Studia Graeca et Latina Gothoburgensia 15
- Category
- Library
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"Achilles Tatius' The Matters Concerning Leucippe and Clitophon - hereafter L&C - was arguably the single most significant literary text written in Greek in the second century CE (Section 2(a)). We know little, however, about its author. A notice in the Suda, the tenth-century Byzantine encyclopaedi
<span>This book presents a full commentary on a subversive second-century narrative of the shipwreck, capture by bandits, apparent human sacrifice, hippopotamus hunting, poisoning, and sightseeing of two young lovers on the run from parental authority in Egyptβs Nile delta.</span>