"Hansen has assembled an anthology like no other, which will
fascinate students of late antiquity, folklorists, and
curiosity-seekers, and will offer new possibilities to teachers of
ancient-culture surveys." Classical World
..". lively, entertaining, and unique anthology... This
anthology is appropriate not only for graduate and undergraduate
students in classics but for anyone interested in the transmission
of folklore." Journal of American Folklore
..". higly readable English translations of a wide variety of
Greek texts... a solid introduction to the general question of
'popular literature' in the ancient world." Bryn Mawr Classical
Review
..". what one hopes for in an anthology... this volume can be
used as a textbook yet is of benefit for the scholar, has clear,
well-written, and well-formed introductions that avoid eccentricity
while noting different viewpoints, and provides a representative
selection of mostly complete works." The Petronian Society
Newsletter
Readers in ancient Greece didn t curl up with only the weighty
tomes of Homer, Plato, and Sophocles they also enjoyed light
entertainment such as novels, short stories, fantasies, jokes, and
fortune-telling handbooks. In fact, some of this literature was so
successful that it remained in circulation into the Middle Ages.
Most of these selections are little known except to scholars, but
all will prove an unexpected delight to readers everywhere."
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