Greek Fiction
Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion
Author: Chariton, Longus, John Penwill, Phiroze Vasunia, Rosanna Omitowoju and Helen Morales Series: Penguin Classics
Three works of fiction from Ancient Greece, with an introduction by Helen Morales
A collection of Greek fiction that includes "Callirhoe", "Daphnis and Chloe", "Letters of Chion".
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Three works of fiction from Ancient Greece, with an introduction by Helen Morales
A collection of Greek fiction that includes "Callirhoe", "Daphnis and Chloe", "Letters of Chion".
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Three works of fiction from Ancient Greece, with an introduction by Helen MoralesIn this 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.
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Longus (Author)Longus (usually dated between the mid-second and mid-third centuries AD). Daphnis and Chloe is available in Penguin Classics in different translations in Greek Fiction and Daphnis and Chloe.
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