Heliodorus An Ethiopian Romance

Name: Heliodorus An Ethiopian Romance
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ISBN: 9780812216721

ISBN-10: 0812216725

ISBN-13: 9780812216721

Edition: 1999

Authors: Heliodorus, Moses Hadas, Moses Hadas

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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…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 1/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English