Chione or Ninus fragments are three prose passages on a second-century CE papyrus (the file names P.Oxy. 2466). Names of the pair are lost; the modern title is conjecture.
A woman’s beauty; a man’s lovesickness; declaration. It is papyrus διήγημα under the adespota heading, not a complete Chione or Ninus book.
Erotic Narrative Anonymous Fragments Possibly Part of Chione or Ninus in Greek in PDF
Erotic Narrative Anonymous Fragments Possibly Part of Chione or Ninus in Greek in MD
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