'Her mouth was like the bloom of a rose, when the rose begins to
part the lips of its petals. As soon as I saw, I was done for...All
my dreams were of Leucippe.' Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and
Clitophon is the most bizarre and risque of the five 'Greek novels'
of idealized love between boy and girl that survive from the period
of the Roman empire. Stretching the capacity of the genre to its
limits, Achilles' narrative covers adultery, violence,
evisceration, pederasty, virginity-testing, and (of course) an
improbable happy ending. Ingenious and sophisticated in conception,
Leucippe and Clitophon is in execution at once subtle, stylish,
moving, brash, tasteless, and obscene. This new translation aims to
capture Achilles' writing in all its exuberant variety. ABOUT THE
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Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
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