Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Greek Novel

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Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Greek Novel is written by Robert Cioffi and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019287053X (ISBN 10) and 9780192870537 (ISBN 13).

In this richly detailed study, Robert Cioffi explores the signficance of the Nile River Valley as the geographic centre of the ancient Greek novel during the genre's heyday in the Roman empire. He shows how the region is repeatedly portrayed in these fictions as a dual-site of ethnographic representation and of resistance to imperial power.