Bøger af Chariton

Charitonis Aphrodisiensis De Chaerea Et Callirrhoe Amatoriarum Narrationum, Liber Octavus (1783) est opus litterarium quod fabulam amatoriam continet. Narratio de Chaerea et Callirrhoe, duobus iuvenibus qui se amant, sed obstantibus circumstantiis, ut interdum in captivitatem detrahantur, vel in periculo vitae sint. Fabula plena est periculorum, deceptio et amorum conflictuum, quae in Graecia antiqua saepe acciderunt. Chariton, scriptor Graecus, opus suum scripsit in saeculo I post Christum, et est una ex primis fabulis amatoriarum Graeciae antiquae.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. 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 their original work.

In 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.

Chariton's Callirhoe, subtitled "Love Story in Syracuse," is a fast-paced historical romance of the first century CE and the oldest extant novel.