The Xenophon of Ephesus reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Xenophon of Ephesus

Xenophon of Ephesus (fl. 2nd century–3rd century?) was a Greek writer. His surviving work is the Ephesian Tale, one of the earliest novels, and one of the sources for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

He is not to be confused with the more famous soldier and historian Xenophon.

This is the "Xenophon of Ephesus" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.