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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
ISBN-100472750283
ISBN-139780472750283
eBay Product ID (ePID)240405548
Product Key Features
Book TitleChariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe
Number of Pages134 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Action & Adventure
Publication Year1939
GenrePolitical Science, Fiction
AuthorChariton
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal888.9
SynopsisChaereas and Callirhoe is the earliest Greek romantic novel the text of which has been completely preserved; hence it is among the first ancestors of modern European fiction. In this lively tale of adventure, a nobly born heroine is kidnapped across the seas from Syracuse to Asia Minor, where her beauty causes many complications and she is finally rescued by her dashing lover., Chaereas and Callirhoe . . . is the earliest Greek romantic novel the text of which has been completely preserved; hence it is among the first ancestors of modern European fiction. In this lively tale of adventure, a nobly born heroine is kidnapped across the seas from Syracuse to Asia Minor, where her beauty causes many complications and she is finally rescued by her dashing lover. This book in antiquity took the place of such stories as Dumas and Sabatini have written for later generations.
