Xenophon of Ephesus

Xenophon of Ephesus (Greek: Ξενοφῶν ὁ Εφέσιος; fl. 2nd – 3rd century AD) was a Greek writer. His only surviving work, the Ephesian Tale is one of the earliest novels as well as one of the sources for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. About Of Ephesus, historian. [He wrote] Ephesiaca [Ephesian Histories]; it is a love story in 10 books about [H]abrocomes and Anthia; also On the city of the Ephesians; and other things. Suda, Ξενοφῶν (Suda On Line, xi,50) External links Category:Novelists from Greece