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<p><P>"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." &#151; Classical World<P>"... 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." &#151; Journal of American Folklore<P>"... 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." &#151; Bryn Mawr Classical Review<P>"... 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." &#151; The Petronian Society Newsletter<P>Readers in ancient Greece didn't curl up with only the weighty tomes of Homer, Plato, and Sophocles &#151; they also enjoyed light entertainment such as novels, short stories,

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Author

William Hansen (editor)

Publisher

lndiana University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253333667

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24