Philosophical presences in the ancient novel
By: J.R. Morgan, Meriel Jones (eds.).
Contributors: Morgan, J. R. 1950-; Jones, Meriel.; Celtic Conference in Classics (4th : 2006 : University of Wales, Lampeter)
Series: Ancient narrative -- 10
Publisher: Barkhuis; Groningen University Library
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Eelde; Groningen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9789077922378
Subjects: Classical literature -- History and criticism; Philosophy
Notes: Introduction -- What is this philosophia anyway? / Michael Trapp -- The representation of philosophers in Greek fiction / J.R. Morgan -- Emotional conflict and platonic psychology in the Greek novel / Ian Repath -- Where philosophy and rhetoric meet: character typification in the Greek novel / Koen de Temmerman -- Andreia and gender in the Greek novels / Meriel Jones --  Novel ways of being philosophical or a tale of two dogs and a phoenix / Ken Dowden -- Stoic echoes and style in Xenophon of Ephesus / Konstantin Doulamis -- The love of wisdom and the love of lies: the philosophers and philosophical voices of Lucian's Philopseudes / Daniel Ogden -- Longus' imitation: Mimēsis in the education of Daphnis and Chloe / Fritz-Gregor Herrmann -- Philosophical framing: the Phaedran setting of Leucippe and Cleitophon / Karen Ní Mheallaigh -- Disjoining meaning and truth: history, representation, Apuleius' Metamorphoses and Neoplatonist aesthetics / Ahuvia Kahane.

Includes bibliographical references and index.