Oxford Readings in the Greek Novel

424 Pages·1999·14.113 MB·English

by  Simon Swain

Oxford Readingsi n
The Greek Novel

Oxford Readings in
The Greek Novel
Edited by
SIMON SWAIN
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PREFACE
The aim of this volume is to provide a selection of the most useful
recent work on the ancient Greek novel for those teaching, taking
courses on, or researching the subject. A knowledge of Greek is not
necessary, since the most important passages cited in Greek have
been translated, where this was not done already, using transla
tions drawn from B. P. Reardon's CollectedA ncient Greek Novels.
The readings themselves have for the most part been taken from
journals. Studies that are available in English-language books or
that have been published very recently have been avoided in
accordance with the Publisher's policy for this series, with two
exceptions. The selection of pieces is not easy. Some will miss a
favourite article or author. It is certainly regrettable that nothing
of a suitable standard could be found within the set parameters on
Xenophon of Ephesus. His absence from the Specific Studies in Part
ill is only partly countered by notice taken of him in the selections
chosen for the General Studies, Part II, where common issues and
problems are explored. A similar difficulty presented itself with
Achilles Tatius: here it was felt that an exception to the general
policy must be made. Those coming anew to this subject should
remember that there is now a great deal of work of the highest
quality to be found in books and collections that could not be
drawn on for this volume. Some of this work is mentioned in the
introductory Chapter I, though its main function is to discuss what
the ancient Greek novel is and in particular to explain the course
of its study in modem times to the present, including brief com
ments on the pieces chosen for the volume.
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the generous help and advice
of a number of colleagues and friends, most especially Ewen Bowie,
Stephen Harrison (e ditor of the sister-volume, OxfordR eadingsi n the
Roman Novel), John Morgan, and Bryan Reardon. Hilary O'Shea,
Jenny Wagstaffe, and Georga Godwin at OUP have been supportive
and helpful as usual. One of the assets of this series is the inclu
sion for an Anglophone readership of material written in other
vi Preface
languages. Translating ln a technical field is a difflcult task and I
am therefore especially grateful to P. G. Ruggieri, Regine May, and
Thomas Schmidt for their help, hard work, and promptness. Finally
I should like to thank California University Press for permission to
use translations from its CollectedA ncient Greek Novels.
s. s.
Shotteswell
May 1998
FIRST PUBLICATION SOURCES
The original titles and places of publication of the pieces collected
in this volume are as follows:
E. L. BowIE, 'The Greek Novel', in P. E. Easterling and B. M. W.
Knox (eds.), The CambridgeH istory of ClassicalL iterature, i. Greek
Literature( Cambridge, 1985), 683-99. (Note: the relevant pages
of the Appendix of Authors and Works have not been reprinted
in this volume.)
M. Fus1Lw, 'Les Conflits des emotions: un topos du roman grec
erotique', MH 47 (1990), 201-21.
S. SAID, 'La Societe rurale dans le roman grec ou la campagne vue
de la ville', in E. Frezouls (ed.), Societis urbaines,s ocietis rurales
dans I' Asie Mineure et la Syrie hellenistiquese t romaines.A ctes du
a
collogue organise Strasbourg (Strasbourg, 1987), 149-71.
B. EGGER'Z, u den Frauenrollen im griechischen Roman. Die Frau
als Beldin und Leserin', GCN 1 (1988), 33-66.
T. HAGG,'C allirhoea nd Parthenope:T he Beginnings of the Historical
Novel', Cl. Ant. 6 (1987), 184-204.
B. P. REARooN,' Theme, Structure and Narrative in Charlton', YCS
27 (1982), 1-27.
B. EFFE, 'Longos. Zur Funktionsgeschichte der Bukolik in der romi
schen Kaiserzeit', Hermes 110 (1982), 65-84.
L. CRFSC1',I I romanzo di Longo Sofista e la tradizione bucolica',
A&R 26 (1981), 1-25.
J.
B. P. REARDON'A, chilles Tatius and Ego-Narrative', in R. Morgan
and R. Stoneman (eds.), GreekF iction: The GreekN ovel in Context
(London, 1994), 80-96.
J. R. MORGAN'T, he Story of Knemon in Heliodoros' Aithiopika',J HS
109 (1989), 99-1 I 3,
J. J.
WINKLER,' The Mendacity of Kalasiris and the Narrative
Strategy of Heliodoros' Aithloplka', YCS 27 (1982), 93-158.
M. Pus1LW, 'Le Miroir de la lune. L'"Histoire vraie" de Lucien, de
a
la satire l'utopie', Poetique, 19/73 (1988), 109-35.

CONTENTS
Note on the Transliterationo f Greek Names xi
I: Introductory
I. A Century and More of the Greek Novel 3
S. SWAIN
II: General Studies
2. The Greek Novel 39
E. L. BOWIE
3. The Conflict of Emotions: A Topos in the Greek
Erotic Novel 60
M. FUSILLO
4. Rural Society in the Greek Novel, or The Country Seen
from the Town 8 3
s.
SAID
5. The Role of Women in the Greek Novel: Woman as
Heroine and Reader I 08
B. EGGER
6. Callirhoea nd Parthenope:T he Beginnings of the
Historical Novel 137
T. HAGG
Ill: Specific Studies
7. Theme, Structure and Narrative in Charlton 163
B. P. REARDON
8. Longus: Towards a History of Bucolic and its Function
in the Roman Empire 189
B. EFFE
Contents
X
9. The Novel of Longus the Sophist and the Pastoral
Tradition 210
L. CRF.SCI
10. Achilles Tatius and Ego-Narrative 243
B. P. REAROON
I I. The Story of Knemon in Heliodoros' Aithiopika 259
J. R. MORGAN
12. The Mendacity of Kalasiris and the Narrative Strategy
of Heliodoros' Aithiopika 286
J. J. WINKLER
13. The Mirror of the Moon: Lucian's A True Story-
From Satire to Utopia 351
M. FUSILLO
Bibliography 382