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Reflections on the Relationship between the Life and Passion of Saints Galaktion and Episteme and the Ancient Greek Novel

This article contributes to scholarly discussion on the relationship between the Life and Passion of Saints Galaktionand Episteme (VGE) and the ancient Greek novel, especially with respect to the first part of the VGE, which is dedicated toSaint Galaktion’s parents, (G)leukippe and Kleitophon. To this effect, it discusses a number of common motifs and themes inthe VGE and the ancient novel tradition. A special point of interest is the relationship between the VGE and Achilles Tatios’novel, in particular the homonymity of the novel’s main heroes, Leukippe and Kleitophon, and Saint Galaktion’s parents. Thisarticle offers support to the view that the VGE, despite its debts to Achilles Tatios’ novel, should not be regarded as the latter’s‘continuation’; it also suggests an alternative way of viewing the relationship between the two texts.