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Greek Fiction: Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion

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Greek Fiction: Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion - Longus, and Chariton, and Penwill, John (Translated by)
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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 ...

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Greek Fiction: Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion 2011, Penguin Classics, London

ISBN-13: 9780140449259

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