Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius Paperback Book 9780199555475

Leucippe and Clitophon composed in the second century AD is the most bizarre and risqu of the five Greek novels of idealized love between boy and girl that survive from the period of the Roman empire Achilles narrative covers adultery violence evisceration pederasty and virginitytesting and in execution is subtle stylish moving brash tasteless and obscene