A 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 thriller about tyranny and a political assassination - is a fascinating glimpse into an alternative view of Ancient Greece's literary culture. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Greek Fiction: Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion (Penguin Classics)

Literature & Fiction

CHARITON

ANONYMOUS

Longus

United States

Penguin Classics

Chariton's Callirhoe, subtitled "Love Story in Syracuse," is the oldest extant novel. It is a fast-paced historical romance with ageless charm.
Chariton narrates the adventures of an exceptionally beautiful young bride named Callirhoe, beginning with her abduction by pirates--adventures that take her as far as the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes and involve shipwrecks, several ardent suitors, an embarrassing pregnancy, the hazards of war, and a happy ending. Animated dialogue captures dramatic situations, and the novelist takes us on picturesque travels. His skill makes us enthralled spectators of plots and counterplots, at trials and a crucifixion, inside a harem, among the admiring crowd at weddings, and at battles on land and sea.
This enchanting tale is here made available for the first time in an English translation facing the Greek text. In his Introduction G. P. Goold establishes the book's date in the first century CE and relates it to other ancient fiction.

Chariton: Callirhoe (Loeb Classical Library No. 481)

Genre Fiction

Harvard University Press

The Loves Of Chaereas And Callirrhoe V1 (1764)

Parenting & Relationships

Kessinger Publishing

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Charitonis Aphrodisiensis de Chaerea Et Callirrhoe Amatoriarum Narrationum, Book 8 (1783) (Greek Edition)

Literary

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Charitonis Aphrodisiensis de Chaerea Et Callirrhoe Amatoriarum Narrationum, Book 8 (1783)

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

The Loves of Chærcas and Callirrhoe. Written Originally in Greek, by Chariton of Aphrodisios. Now First Translated Into English ...

History

Europe

Nabu Press

Histoire Des Amours De Chéréas Et De Callirrhoë: Traduite Du Grec, Avec Des Remarques (French Edition)

Larcher, Pierre-Henri

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Here in one convenient volume are the two earliest examples of the ancient Greek novel.

Two Novels from Ancient Greece: Chariton's Callirhoe and Xenophon of Ephesos' An Ephesian Story: Anthia and Habrocomes (Hackett Classics)

Xénophon

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

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