This collection of essays, the result of a 2006 conference at the University of Wales in Lampeter, look at the influence of philosophical texts on the ancient novel. In both Greek and Latin novels substantial traces of philosophical ideas can be found; these essays discuss the levels on which they were intended to operate, and how they were meant to resonate with their audiences. Specific authors discussed include Xenophon of Ephesus, Achilles Tatius, Longus, Apuleius and Lucian, while the philosophical influences include Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics.

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Introduction
What is this Philosophia Anyway?
The Representation of Philosophers in Greek Fiction
Emotional Conflict and Platonic Psychology in the Greek Novel
Where Philosophy and Rhetoric Meet: Character Typification in the Greek Novel
Andreia and Gender in the Greek Novels
Novel Ways of Being Philosophical or A Tale of Two Dogs and a Phoenix
Stoic Echoes and Style in Xenophon of Ephesus
The Love of Wisdom and the Love of Lies: The Philosophers and Philosophical Voices of Lucian’s Philopseudes
Longus’ Imitation: Mimēsis in the Education of Daphnis and Chloe
Philosophical Framing: The Phaedran Setting of Leucippe and Cleitophon
Disjoining Meaning and Truth: History, Representation, Apuleius’ Metamorphoses and Neoplatonist Aesthetics
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