Presents a comprehensive and innovative study of the development of the novel and the continuity of Latin culture. The contributors discuss various aspects and problems of the Latin novel while providing the reader with a synoptic treatment of the most important works of fiction from the first to the sixth century A.D. Among the texts explored are: Petronius, Satyrica and Cena Trimalchionis, The History of Apollonius of Tyre, and Medieval interpretations of Cupid and Pysche, Apollonius of Tyre and the Alexander Romance.