59 The Ancient Novels w/ Doug Metzger (Apuleius, Lucian, Chariton, Heliodorus, Petronius, Achilles Tatius)

Unveiling the wild world of ancient Greek and Roman novels with Doug Metzger, host of the "Literature and History Podcast."

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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