DIA LECTURE - CHRISTIAN DAHL: EXPLORING THE WORLD WITH THE ANCIENT GREEK NOVELS

The ancient Greek novels have in recent decades moved to the forefront of classical scholarship. Works such as Chariton’s Callirhoe, Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe and Clitophon, and Heliodorus’ Aethiopica are not only sophisticated literary achievements from the Imperial age, but they also offer rare insights into the life and imagination of the Hellenized East. The ancient novels combine romances of wild teenage love with expansive stories of flight, travel, and encounters with foreign cultures far from home. Following the ancient trade routes connecting the Roman Empire to Persia, India, and East Africa, these mundane odysseys explore a world which is both historically recognizable, and strikingly globalized.

In this lecture, Christian Dahl will introduce the Greek novel and explore its importance not only in the context of ancient literature but also in the broader development of the novel as a genre.

Every one is welcome. The lecture can also be attended online - register here.