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Tracing the development of Greek romances from 200 B.C. through twelfth-century Byzantium, Tomas Hgg analyses the content, plot and narrative techniques of the ancient novel, and explores the social and literary milieu in which the genre flourished. Tracing the development of Greek romances from 200 B.C. through twelfth-century Byzantium, Tomas Hgg analyses the content, plot and narrative techniques of the ancient novel, and explores the social and literary milieu in which the genre flourished.