Truth behind the lines: LIES AND FICTION IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

What is fiction? How does it differ from history? Is the high value our culture puts on fiction as a distinct type of writing one shared by other cultures? Such questions are addressed in this collection of papers on Greek and Roman literature, originally presented at a conference at the University...

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