Chariton of Aphrodisias and the Invention of the Greek Love Novel

The best known variety of the ancient novel - sometimes identified with the ancient novel tout court - is the Greek love novel. The question of its origins has intrigued scholars for centuries and has been the focus of a great deal of research. Stefan Tilg proposes a new solution to this ancient puzzle by arguing for a personal inventor of the genre, Chariton of Aphrodisias, who wrote the first Greek (and, with that, the first European) love novel, Narratives about Callirhoe , in the mid-first century AD. Tilg's conclusion is drawn on the basis of two converging lines of argument, one from literary history, another from Chariton's poetics, and will shed fresh light upon the reception of Latin literature in the Greek world. Contents......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 11 Note to the Reader......Page 13 1. Introduction......Page 14 2. Chariton of Aphrodisias......Page 37 3. Other early novelists......Page 96 4. Novel poetics......Page 141 5. Novelty......Page 177 6. Narrative......Page 211 7. Rumour......Page 253 8. Virgil......Page 284 9. Conclusion......Page 311 References......Page 314 A......Page 334 C......Page 335 F......Page 339 H......Page 340 L......Page 341 P......Page 342 T......Page 344 V......Page 345 X......Page 346 A......Page 347 C......Page 348 E......Page 349 H......Page 350 M......Page 351 N......Page 352 P......Page 353 S......Page 354 V......Page 355 Z......Page 356 Contents 10 Abbreviations 11 Note to the Reader 13 1. Introduction 14 2. Chariton of Aphrodisias 37 3. Other early novelists 96 4. Novel poetics 141 5. Novelty 177 6. Narrative 211 7. Rumour 253 8. Virgil 284 9. Conclusion 311 References 314 Index 334 Index Locorum 334 A 334 C 335 D 339 E 339 F 339 H 340 I 341 J 341 L 341 M 342 N 342 O 342 P 342 Q 344 R 344 S 344 T 344 V 345 X 346 General Index 347 A 347 B 348 C 348 D 349 E 349 F 350 G 350 H 350 I 351 J 351 K 351 L 351 M 351 N 352 O 353 P 353 Q 354 R 354 S 354 T 355 U 355 V 355 W 356 X 356 Z 356 9780199576944 Questions about the origin of the Greek love novel, itself the precursor of the love novel in Europe, have intrigued scholars for centuries. Stefan Tilg proposes a new solution to this ancient puzzle by arguing that Chariton of Aphrodisias was the inventor of the genre