An edition of Aethiopica (1534)

Amours de Theagenes et Chariclée

histoire éthiopique : première[-seconde] partie.

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An edition of Aethiopica (1534)

Amours de Theagenes et Chariclée

histoire éthiopique : première[-seconde] partie.

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"The Romance novel didn't begin with Kathleen Woodiwiss or even with the Bronte sisters. By the time Heliodorus wrote his Aethiopica - or Ethiopian Romance - in the third century, the genre was already impressively developed. Heliodorus launches his tale of love and the quirks of fate with a bizarre scene of blood, bodies, and booty on an Egyptian beach viewed through the eyes of a band of mystified pirates.

The central love-struck characters are Charicles, the beautiful daughter of the Ethiopian queen, and Theagenes, a Thessalian aristocrat. The story unfolds with all the twists and devices any writer would employ today, with the added attractions of dreams, oracles, and exotic locales in the ancient Mediterranean and Africa."--BOOK JACKET.

"Hadas's was the first modern English-language translation of this story, which was first translated into English in 1587 and was a favorite among the Elizabethans. His version of this earliest extant Greek novel remains accessible and appealing."--BOOK JACKET.

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Chez Coustelier
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Cover of: Heliodori Aethiopicorum libri decem
Heliodori Aethiopicorum libri decem
1855, Sumptibus et typis B.G. Teubneri
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Edition Notes

Author identified in "Préface".

Translation variously attributed to L.F. de Fontenu, G.F. Poullain de Saint-Foix, or to M. de Fontenelle. Cf. Barbier.

RBSC copy: With the bookplate of the Right Honorable George Rose.

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