Essays on the Greek Romances Original Author: Elizabeth Hazelton Haight Edited/Added and Translated By: M. Meenachi Sundaram TABLE OF CONTENTS Essays on the Greek Romances. 1 PREFACE.. 4 ESSAYS ON THE GREEK ROMANCES. 7 Chapter I : THE GREEK ROMANCES AND THEIR RE-DATING.. 7 Chapter II : CHARITON’S CHAEREAS AND CALLIRHOE.. 18 Chapter III: THE EPHESIACA OR HABROCOMES AND ANTHIA BY XENOPHON OF EPHESUS 36 Chapter IV: THE AETHIOPICA OF HELIODORUS. 54 Chapter V: THE ADVENTURES OF LEUCIPPE AND CLITOPHON BY ACHILLES TATIUS 80 Chapter VI: THE LESBIAN PASTORALS OF DAPHNIS AND CHLOE BY LONGUS. 98 Chapter VII : LUCIAN AND HIS SATIRIC ROMANCES: THE TRUE HISTORY AND LUCIUS OR ASS 117 Chapter VIII: A COMPARISON OF THE GREEK ROMANCES AND APULEIUS’ METAMORPHOSES 148 INDEX.. 160 ABOUT THE AUTHOR.. 173 PREFACE If all the world loves a lover, as the old proverb says, then this my book should win wide fame. For these Greek Romances of the first to the fourth century of our era seem still to be singing the immemorial refrain from the old spring-time song of “The Vigil of Venus”: Cras amet qui numquam amavit, quique amavit cras amet. “Let those love now, who never lov’d before; Let those who always lov’d, now love the more.” At a time when fiction is the most popular form of literature, these wonderful old Greek stories of love, adventure and worship are half forgotten and rarely read except by the scholar. Yet here, as in epic, lyric, elegy, drama, oratory and history, the Greeks were pioneers. In the second and third centuries they had created four different types of romance (of love, of adventure, the pastoral, the satiric) which were to have great influence on French, Italian and English fiction. The student of comparative literature, the student of the history of fiction cannot afford to neglect these pioneer Greek novels. Their appeal, however, should be just as great for the general reader as for the scholar. For here are stories that mirror the life of the Mediterranean world in the Roman Empire with all its new excitements of travel, piracy, kidnapping, the new feminism, the new religious cults. And through all the different types of romance except viii the satiric the Love-God holds supreme sway over the hearts of men. So human, so vivacious are the love-stories that I offer to my readers Longus’ assurance of profit in his introduction to his Pastoral Romance:

Essays on the Greek Romances by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight: This collection of essays offers a detailed exploration of the Greek Romances, a genre of literature that emerged in the Hellenic and Roman worlds. With its insightful analysis and careful scholarship, "Essays on the Greek Romances" is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of literature. Key Aspects of the Book "Essays on the Greek Romances": Literary Criticism: The book offers detailed and insightful literary criticism, examining the themes, motifs, and conventions of the Greek Romances. Scholarship: The book is a work of careful scholarship, drawing on a wide range of sources to offer a comprehensive study of the genre. Cultural Context: The book explores the social, cultural, and historical context of the Greek Romances, offering insights into the values and beliefs of the Hellenic and Roman worlds. Elizabeth Hazelton Haight was an American author and scholar who lived from 1872 to 1964. She was a leading figure in the field of literary criticism, known for her careful scholarship and insightful analysis. "Essays on the Greek Romances" is one of her most celebrated works.

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Ensayos sobre los romances griegos Autor original: Elizabeth Hazelton Haight Editado, añadido y traducido por: M. Meenachi Sundaram TABLA DE CONTENIDO Ensayos sobre los romances griegos. 2 PREFACIO.. 4 ENSAYOS SOBRE LOS ROMANCES GRIEGOS. 7 Capítulo I: LOS ROMANCES GRIEGOS Y SU RE-DATACIÓN.. 7 Capítulo II: LAS QUEREAS Y CALLIRROE DE CARITON.. 19 Capítulo III: LA EPHESIACA O HABROCOMES Y ANTHIA POR JENÓFON DE ÉFESO.. 38 Capítulo IV: LA AETHIOPICA DE HELIODORUS. 57 Capítulo V: LAS AVENTURAS DE LEUCIPPE Y CLITOPHON POR AQUILES TATIUS. 84 Capítulo VI: LAS PASTORALES LÉSBICAS DE DAFNIS Y CLOE POR LONGUS. 104 Capítulo VII: LUCIAN Y SUS ROMANCES SATÍRICOS: LA VERDADERA HISTORIA Y LUCIUS O ASNO.. 124 Capítulo VIII: UNA COMPARACIÓN ENTRE LOS ROMANCES GRIEGOS Y LAS METAMORFOSIS DE APULEO.. 157 ÍNDICE.. 171 ACERCA DEL AUTOR.. 184 Essays on the Greek Romances. 187 PREFACE.. 188 ESSAYS ON THE GREEK ROMANCES. 191 Chapter I : THE GREEK ROMANCES AND THEIR RE-DATING.. 191 Chapter II : CHARITON’S CHAEREAS AND CALLIRHOE.. 202 Chapter III: THE EPHESIACA OR HABROCOMES AND ANTHIA BY XENOPHON OF EPHESUS 220 Chapter IV: THE AETHIOPICA OF HELIODORUS. 238 Chapter V: THE ADVENTURES OF LEUCIPPE AND CLITOPHON BY ACHILLES TATIUS 264 Chapter VI: THE LESBIAN PASTORALS OF DAPHNIS AND CHLOE BY LONGUS. 282 Chapter VII : LUCIAN AND HIS SATIRIC ROMANCES: THE TRUE HISTORY AND LUCIUS OR ASS 301 Chapter VIII: A COMPARISON OF THE GREEK ROMANCES AND APULEIUS’ METAMORPHOSES 332 INDEX.. 344 ABOUT THE AUTHOR.. 357 PREFACIO Si todo el mundo ama a un amante, como dice el viejo proverbio, entonces este libro mío debería alcanzar gran fama. Porque estas novelas griegas del siglo I al IV de nuestra era parecen estar cantando todavía el estribillo inmemorial de la antigua canción primaveral de “La vigilia de Venus”: Cras amet qui numquam amavit, Quique amavit cras amet. “Que amen ahora quienes nunca amaron antes; “Que aquellos que siempre amaron, ahora amen más.” En una época en la que la ficción es la forma literaria más popular, estas maravillosas historias griegas antiguas de amor, aventuras y culto están medio olvidadas y rara vez las leen, salvo los eruditos. Sin embargo, en este campo, como en la épica, la lírica, la elegía, el teatro, la oratoria y la historia, los griegos fueron pioneros. En los siglos II y III crearon cuatro tipos diferentes de novela (de amor, de aventuras, pastoral y satírica) que tendrían una gran influencia en la ficción francesa, italiana e inglesa. El estudioso de la literatura comparada y de la historia de la ficción no puede permitirse el lujo de descuidar estas novelas griegas pioneras. Sin embargo, su atractivo debería ser tan grande para el lector en general como para el erudito, pues aquí hay historias que reflejan la vida del mundo mediterráneo en el Imperio Romano con todas sus nuevas excitaciones de viajes, piratería, secuestro, el nuevo feminismo, los nuevos cultos religiosos. Y a través de todos los diferentes tipos de romance, excepto el satírico, el Dios del Amor tiene un poder supremo sobre los corazones de los hombres. Tan humanas, tan vivaces son las historias de amor que ofrezco a mis lectores la garantía de provecho de Longus en su introducción a su Romance Pastoral:

In the early Roman Empire a new literary genre began to flourish, mainly in the Greek world: prose fiction, or romance. Broadly defined as a love story that offers adventure and a romantic vision of life, this form of literature emerged long after the other genres and, until recently, seemed hardly worthy of critical attention. Here B. P. Reardon addresses the growing interest in ancient fiction by providing a literary and cultural framework in which to understand Greek romance, and by demonstrating its importance as an artistic and social phenomenon. Beginning with a discussion of Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe, Reardon sets out the generic characteristics of the romance. He then moves through a wide range of works, including those of Longus and Heliodorus, and reveals their sophistication in terms of social observation, technique within a convention, and the stance adopted by the authors toward their own creations. Although antiquity left behind little discussion of the genre, Reardon shows how romance can be assessed within its time period by considering the practice of narrative in other Greek literature and the concept of fiction in antiquity. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Bryan Reardon (1928-2009) was one of the most important and influential figures in the revival of scholarly interest in the Greek novel and ancient fiction in the last quarter of the twentieth century. His organisation of the first International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN) at Bangor, North Wales, in 1976 was a landmark in the field and an inspiration to the organisers of subsequent ICANs, from which Ancient Narrative itself sprang. As editor of Collected Ancient Greek Novels (University of California Press 1989; second edition 2008), he made the Greek novels accessible to a wider readership and won a place for them in university syllabuses across the English-speaking world. This volume contains twenty essays by leading scholars of ancient fiction, who were all pupils, colleagues or close friends of Bryan Reardon, in memory of his scholarship, energy, guidance and humanity. They cover a range of topics including ancient literary theory and the conceptualisation of fiction, discussion of individual novels (Chariton, Longus, Iamblichus, Achilles Tatius, and Apuleius) and novelistic texts (a papyrus fragment of a lost novel, and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius), the afterlife of the ancient novel (in a Renaissance commentary on Roman law, in a seventeenth-century essay on the origin of the novel, and in a seventeenth-century series of paintings in a French château), and a speculative reconstruction of the morning after the end of Heliodorus' novel. The title of the volume commemorates two of Bryan Reardon's most important books: Courants littéraires grecs des IIe et IIIe siècles après J.-C. (Paris 1971) and The Form of Greek Romance (Princeton 1991); and the photograph of Aphrodisias on the front cover is a tribute to his critical edition of Chariton (2004).