Greek Identity and the Athenian Past in Chariton: The Romance of Empire by Steven D. Smith

Greek Identity and the Athenian Past in Chariton: The Romance of Empire

Ancient Narrative Supplements

Steven D. Smith

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nonfiction history emotional reflective medium-paced
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I, Chariton of Aphrodisias, secretary of the rhetor Athenagorus, shall relate a love story that took place in Syracuse. Thus begins the earliest of the canonical Greek romances, the 1st century CE historical novel known as Callirhoe. Chariton's er...

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