Description
Detailed commentary on what is arguably the finest surviving Greek novel, exploring language, style and literary influences and aspirations.
About the Author
Ewen Bowie is Emeritus Fellow and E. P. Warren Praelector in Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Emeritus Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford, where he taught for forty-two years on numerous subjects including early elegiac and iambic poetry, Old Comedy, Hellenistic poetry and the ancient novel. He is editor of a volume on Herodotus (2018) and co-editor of volumes on archaic Greek poetry (2011) and Philostratus (Cambridge, 2009), as well as the author of eighty articles on the Greek literature and culture of the Roman Empire, including twenty on the Greek novel, among many other publications.
Book Information
ISBN 9780521776592
Author Longus
Format Paperback
Page Count 346
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 480g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 138mm * 17mm