SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Xenophon of Ephesus

»Xenophon of Ephesus (Greek: Ξενοφῶν ὁ Εφέσιος; fl. 2nd century – 3rd century AD) was a Greek writer. His surviving work is the Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes, otherwise known as the Ephesiaka one of the earliest novels as well as one of the sources for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Xenophon was a critic of the philosophy of Stoicism, as reflected in the Ephesiaka.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

Τὰ κατὰ Ἀνθίαν καὶ Ἁβροκόμην (Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes (Greek: Ἐφεσιακά, Ephesiaka; also Τὰ κατὰ Ἀνθίαν καὶ Ἁβροκόμην, Ta kata Anthian kai Habrokomēn) by Xenophon of Ephesus is an Ancient Greek novel written before the late 2nd century AD, though in 1996 James O’Sullivan argued the date should actually be seen as closer to 50 AD.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Ancient Greece

II. Geographical Index: European History: Greek History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

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II. Speaker Index

[Info] Owens, William M. »Xenophon of Ephesus: Folktales and the revision of an elite stereotype of the slave.« The Classical Association Annual Conference. Reading 2013.