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Summary:

Chariton's Callirhoe, subtitled "Love Story in Syracuse," is a fast-paced historical romance of the first century CE and the oldest extant novel. Chariton's Callirhoe, subtitled "Love Story in Syracuse," is the oldest extant novel. It is a fast-paced historical romance with ageless charm. Chariton narrates the adventures of an exceptionally 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. His skill makes us enthralled spectators of plots and counterplots, 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 CE and relates it to other ancient fiction.

Author/Creator:

Chariton , author

Contributors:

Goold, G. P. , editor, translator

Languages:

English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages.

Main Work:

Callirhoe [by Chariton]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Callirhoe [Chariton] (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995 — ISBN 9780674995307)

Related Series:

Loeb classical library; [volume] 481

Subjects:

Man-woman relationships — Italy — Syracuse — Fiction

Enslaved persons — Turkey — Caria — Fiction

Man-woman relationships

Slaves

Italy — Syracuse

Turkey — Caria

Genres:

Fiction

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

General Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : map.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PA3948.C3 C437 2014

ISBNs:

9780674995307 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

910938893

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: hup0000581