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Description:Leucippe and Clitophon , the romance, a typical adventure story of love triumphant over innumerable obstacles—shipwrecks, tortures, abductions and attacks by pirates—is related in the first person by Cleitophon himself, whom Achilles claims to have met in Sidon. The work’s style is typical of Atticism, with its purity of diction, short unconnected sentences, parallel clauses, detailed descriptions, and frequent declamations and disquisitions, often in antithetical form (e.g., on love for women and pederasty). Achilles shows great ingenuity in inventing coups de theatre (Leucippe apparently dies three times but always reappears), but his characterization is poor, and plot is relegated to the background by irrelevant interruptions. Nevertheless, the work’s popularity was demonstrated by its appearance in a number of Egyptian papyri, of which at least one has been dated as early as the 2nd century AD. The romance was admired by Byzantine critics and was widely translated in the Renaissance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon. To get started finding The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Leucippe and Clitophon , the romance, a typical adventure story of love triumphant over innumerable obstacles—shipwrecks, tortures, abductions and attacks by pirates—is related in the first person by Cleitophon himself, whom Achilles claims to have met in Sidon. The work’s style is typical of Atticism, with its purity of diction, short unconnected sentences, parallel clauses, detailed descriptions, and frequent declamations and disquisitions, often in antithetical form (e.g., on love for women and pederasty). Achilles shows great ingenuity in inventing coups de theatre (Leucippe apparently dies three times but always reappears), but his characterization is poor, and plot is relegated to the background by irrelevant interruptions. Nevertheless, the work’s popularity was demonstrated by its appearance in a number of Egyptian papyri, of which at least one has been dated as early as the 2nd century AD. The romance was admired by Byzantine critics and was widely translated in the Renaissance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon. To get started finding The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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