330 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
330 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
330 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the areas in which novels such as Chariton’s Callirhoe and Heliodorus’s Aithiopika are ideal beyond the ideal love relationship and considers how concepts of the ideal connect to archetypal and literary patterns as well as reflecting contemporary ideological and cultural elements.
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1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Background 3. Chariton’s Callirhoe 4. Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe 5. Heliodorus’s Aithiopika 6. Achilles Tatius’ Leukippe and Kleitophon 7. Apuleius’ Metamorphoses 8. A Brief Concluding Postscript
Biography
Jean Alvares has been Professor of Classics and Humanities at Montclair State University, USA, since 1996. His notable work includes Classical Myth and the New Millennium, with Patricia Salzman (2017), and the first full Latin and Greek program at a university in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), with Dr. Hui Li, CO 2020.
