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Callirhoe

Title
  1. Callirhoe / Chariton ; edited and translated by G.P. Goold.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
Author
  1. Chariton.

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Additional authors
  1. Goold, G. P.
Description
  1. vii, 425 pages; 17 cm.
Summary
  1. Chariton's Callirhoe, subtitled "Love Story in Syracuse," is the oldest extant novel. It is a fast-paced historical romance with ageless charm.
  2. Chariton narrates the adventures of a strikingly beautiful young bride named Callirhoe, beginning with her abduction by pirates - adventures that take her as far as the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes and involve shipwrecks, several ardent suitors, an embarrassing pregnancy, the hazards of war, and a happy ending. Animated dialogue captures dramatic situations, and the novelist takes us on picturesque travels.
  3. His skill makes us enthralled spectators of plots and counter-plots, at trials and a crucifixion, inside a harem, among the admiring crowd at weddings, and at battles on land and sea. This enchanting tale is here made available for the first time in an English translation facing the Greek text. In his Introduction G. P. Goold establishes the book's date in the first century A.D. and relates it to other ancient fiction.
Series statement
  1. Loeb classical library ; 481
Uniform title
  1. Loeb classical library ; 481.
Subject
  1. Slaves > Turkey > Caria > Fiction
  2. Man-woman relationships > Italy > Syracuse > Fiction
  3. Love stories
Genre/Form
  1. Love stories.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.