Download or read book Chariton of Aphrodisias and the Invention of the Greek Love Novel written by Stefan Tilg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions about the origin of the Greek love novel, itself the precursor of the love novel in Europe, have intrigued scholars for centuries. Stefan Tilg proposes a new solution by arguing that Chariton of Aphrodisias was the inventor of the genre.