Ancient Greek novel

Doody（英语：Margaret Doody）的定義，長篇小說有「連續且生動的歷史，長達約二千年」，其根源可以追溯到古希臘（英语：Ancient Greek novel）和古罗马文学、骑士文学以及義大利文藝復興中篇小說的傳統。有些小說家，例如纳撒尼尔·霍桑、赫尔曼·梅尔维尔、安·拉德克利夫、約翰·考珀·波伊斯（英语：John

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Mountains over the northern Black Sea area as far as the Carpathian Basin [...] Greek and Persian historians of the 1st millennium BCE chronicle the existence

form of religious bull-leaping and possibly bullfighting. The origins of Greek sporting festivals may date to funeral games of the Mycenean period, between