Realia obyczajowe w powieści Achilleusa Tatiosa
The Representation of Real Customs in Achilleus Tatius` Novel

Author(s): Robert Krzysztof Zawadzki
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Greek customs; Ancient Romances; Leucippe and Clitophon; Achilleus Tatius
Summary/Abstract: The author analyses the artistic skill of representation of Greek customs described by the author of the novel Leucippe and Clitophon, Achilleus Tatius, a representative of the so-called romance in Greek literature. The novel keeps fascinating its readers not only because of unusual and dangerous adventures of the main protagonists. In the novel the appropriate fictional world is also presented as a reconstruction of some actual events and customs of Greek everyday life such as feasts, oracles, voyages, gardens, etc. The descriptions are in harmony with the rapidity of the plot, changing mood, shades and colours of the scenery in which Leucippe and Clitophon meet their fate. The novel has acquired an opinion of being one of the best ancient romances because of its literary mastery.

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