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Lost loves, pirates, and tyranny: Ancient Greece’s hidden stories.
Greek Fiction
Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion
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304 pages
- Release Date
4 October 2011
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Summary
Three works of fiction from Ancient Greece, with an introduction by Helen Morales
In this collection of Greek fiction written between the first and fourth centuries AD, ‘Callirhoe’ is the stirring tale of star-crossed lovers Chaereas and Callirhoe, torn apart when she is kidnapped and sold as a slave, while ‘Daphnis and Chloe’ tells of a boy and girl abandoned at birth, who grow up to fall in love and battle pirates. Greek Fiction - also containing ‘Letters of Chion’, an early thrille…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449259 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140449256 |
| Author: | Chariton, Longus, John Penwill, Phiroze Vasunia, Rosanna Omitowoju, Helen Morales |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Chariton
Longus (usually dated between the mid-second and mid-third centuries AD) is the author of Daphnis and Chloe.
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