I am currently reading the oldest know novel, Chaereas and Callirhoe probably by Chariton of Aphrodisias. It was probably written in around 50AD but is an historical romance set in about 400BC. The main characters have fallen in love, which has made them so ill that one of them has nearly died, but they have now been married at a public festival of Aphrodite so you would think all would be well, however it seems their lives are to be blighted by their rejected suitors.
When it comes to the classics I have only just discovered the fiction in terms of actually reading it. If you want to read it here is the link to the book I hope. I am reading a paper book and a much more recent translation by B. P. Reardon done in the late 1980s, The copyright expired ones that are free on the internet tend to predate the Chatterley trial and were often done into English by impoverished Victorian clergymen who had studied biblical Greek (a sort of barrow boy Greek) and not classical Greek.
Work wise today, was very busy,
this is the link to the photos of the books we put out
Lunch and supper sketching at Wetherspoons aka The Royal Victoria Pavilion Ramsgate
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