Xenophon of Ephesus (101–300)

Born 101 CE, died 300 CE.

Xenophon of Ephesus (Greek: Ξενοφῶν ὁ Εφέσιος; fl. 2nd century – 3rd century AD) was a Greek writer. His surviving work is the Ephesian Tale of Anthia and Habrocomes, otherwise known as the Ephesiaka. It is one of the earliest novels as well as one of the sources for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Xenophon was a critic of the philosophy of Stoicism, as reflected in the Ephesiaka.

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