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Unveiling the wild world of ancient Greek and Roman novels with Doug Metzger, host of the "Literature and History Podcast."
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Support Ancient Greece Declassified on Patreon: patreon.com/greecepodcast
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Contents of the episode, with timestamps:
04:22 When did novels first arise?
09:12 The four genres of ancient novels
11:39 The typical plot (Callirhoe)
17:55 Daphnis and Chloe
21:10 Euripides' romances
28:17 Narrative in the Bible
32:43 Evolution of the ancient novel
34:27 Leucippe and Clitophon
35:47 Heliodorus' Aethiopica
37:35 Lucian and the influence on modernity
43:08 The Second Sophistic
47:14 Greek VS Roman novels
53:44 The X-rated stuff
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Unveiling the wild world of ancient Greek and Roman novels with Doug Metzger, host of the "Literature and History Podcast."
------------------
Support Ancient Greece Declassified on Patreon: patreon.com/greecepodcast
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Contents of the episode, with timestamps:
04:22 When did novels first arise?
09:12 The four genres of ancient novels
11:39 The typical plot (Callirhoe)
17:55 Daphnis and Chloe
21:10 Euripides' romances
28:17 Narrative in the Bible
32:43 Evolution of the ancient novel
34:27 Leucippe and Clitophon
35:47 Heliodorus' Aethiopica
37:35 Lucian and the influence on modernity
43:08 The Second Sophistic
47:14 Greek VS Roman novels
53:44 The X-rated stuff
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