EROTICA ADESPOTA is the TLG heading for anonymous Greek novel fragments on papyrus (Narr. Fict., Varia). The hosted set includes Metiochus and Parthenope (a speaker tells Parthenope she is forgetful of her Metiochus; since the day she left, his eyes are as if lime-stuck, without sleep), pieces perhaps of Chione or Ninus (P.Berol. 10535 + 21234 in Stephens and Winkler, Ancient Greek Novels, 1995, pp. 306–310), Sesonchosis, Apollonius, Theano, Staphylus, a Nile-Canopus narrative, and others — twenty-five works under one adespota heading.
These are the Greek novels that survive only on papyrus, beside the five complete romances.
The slot is that corpus of fragmentary fiction, not a missing novelist.
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