Abstract
AbstractHeliodorus' novel,Aithiopika, is one of five surviving Greek novels. Although English‐speaking critics had generally demoted the ancient novels to the status of “romance,” in contrast with the modern bourgeois novel said to have arisen in the eighteenth century, these ancient prose narratives of love are in fact fully realized novels. What is more, they display a rich sense of character and character development, even though some critics have called this aspect into question. As the longest and most complex of the Greek novels, Heliodorus'Aithiopikahas an especially rich narrative structure and depiction of character. It is no wonder that Sir Philip Sidney placed it in the same class as Homer'sIliadandOdyssey.
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