Research Catalog
Callirhoe
- Title
- Callirhoe / Chariton ; edited and translated by G.P. Goold.
- Author
- Chariton.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 96-114 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR PA3611 .C43 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Goold, G. P.
- Description
- viii, 425 p. : map; 17 cm.
- Summary
- 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 a strikingly 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 counter-plots, 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 A.D. and relates it to other ancient fiction.
- Series Statement
- The Loeb classical library ; 481. [Greek authors]
- Uniform Title
- Loeb classical library ; 481.
- Loeb classical library Greek authors.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Romance fiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-26) and index.
- Language (note)
- English and Greek.
- Call Number
- PA3611
- ISBN
- 0674995309
- LCCN
- 94006918
- OCLC
- 30029822
- Author
- Chariton.
- Title
- Callirhoe / Chariton ; edited and translated by G.P. Goold.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
- Series
- The Loeb classical library ; 481. [Greek authors]Loeb classical library ; 481.Loeb classical library Greek authors.
- Language
- English and Greek.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-26) and index.
- Added Author
- Goold, G. P.
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR PA3611 .C43JFC 96-114