Chariton, Callirhoe

• Verfasst von: Chariton <Aphrodisiensis> [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Chariton, Callirhoe
• Titelzusatz: an intermediate ancient Greek reader
• Mitwirkende: Hadavas, C. T.
• Werktitel: Callirhoe
• Verf.angabe: C. T. Hadavas
• Ausgabe: First edition
• Verlagsort: [United States]
• Verlag: C.T. Hadavas
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: xxiv, 491 pages
• Format: 21 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (pages xviii-xxii)
• ISBN: 9798327463950
• Sprache: grc eng
• Sach-SW: Esclaves - Romans, nouvelles, etc
• Geograph. SW: Carie (Région ancienne) - Romans, nouvelles, etc
• K10plus-PPN: 1907197982

Abstract

"This edition of Chariton's Callirhoe provides readers with the essential lexical, grammatical, literary, historical, and cultural assistance to better engage with the world's first extant novel, a romance-adventure about an extraordinarily beautiful young bride named Callirhoe. On one level, Chariton's text is simply a compelling story about how Callirhoe's fate becomes intertwined with those of four different men: Chaireas of Syracuse, her first husband; Theron the pirate, who abducts her and sells her to Dionysius of Miletus, who becomes her second husband; and Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, who becomes infatuated with Callirhoe while presiding over a trial that will determine which of her two Greek husbands holds the more legitimate claim to her. Just below the surface of its melodramatic plot, however, the novel not only explores the standard themes of the Ancient Greek romance-adventure genre--love, jealousy, honor, duty, fidelity, and happiness--but also touches on the more unusual topics of spousal abuse, adultery, and slavery."--Back cover