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Xenophon of Ephesus
Xenophon of Ephesus
c. 100 CE–c. 170 CE · Ephesus
Xenophon of Ephesus (active probably in the 2nd century CE) was a Greek author of prose fiction, best known for the Ephesian Tale (the romance of Anthia and Habrocomes), one of the surviving ancient Greek novels. It follows a pair of young lovers separated and beset by misfortunes before their eventual reunion. He is unrelated to the earlier historian Xenophon of Athens.
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EphesusIonia (Asia Minor)
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A great Ionian city crowned by the Temple of Artemis—one of the Seven Wonders—and home to the enigmatic Heraclitus, who taught that all things flow and that strife is the father of all.
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