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59 The Ancient Novels w/ Doug Metzger (Apuleius, Lucian, Chariton, Heliodorus, Petronius, Achilles Tatius)
Manage episode 469159038 series 2391868
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
70 episodes
Manage episode 469159038 series 2391868
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
70 episodes
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