The Ethiopian story of Theagenes and Chariklei

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The Ethiopian story of Theagenes and Chariklei written by Heliodor is the last preserved ancient romance.

This is the longest and most complex Greek romance. Heroes of Heliodora are physically and morally superior to characters created by their predecessors. This is in spite of the psychological probabilities that Longos and Achilles Tatios have introduced to romance. Heliodor uses a number of conventional features of the genre, such as love at first sight, pirate presence, shipwreck, apparent death, etc., but he did it masterly. The structure of the novel is modeled to a great extent on the Odyssey. The author introduces the reader to the very middle of the events, that is, in medias res, and what is happening earlier is introduced by a flashback.

In chronological order, the joint fate of Theagenes and Chariklei is as follows: girl and young man fall in love with each other at first sight during the Pythian Games in Delphi. This was due to the gods who have been leading their fate since. They obey their wills and the counselors of the escaped from Delphi, board the ship, experience a pirate attack, a sea storm, a shipwreck, a robbery, a trial of torture, a miracle, or a miracle. A number of extraordinary adventures and dangers are still alive when they are in Ethiopia, the destination of their journey. Full of tension the action continues until the last scene of the romance, culminating in the wedding of Theagenes and Chariklei. Bibliography Release Polish translations

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