Les Éthiopiennes, ou Théagènes et Chariclée, tomes 1-3 by of Emesa Heliodorus

"Les Éthiopiennes, ou Théagènes et Chariclée, tomes 1-3" by Heliodorus of Emesa is an ancient Greek novel written in the 220s or 370s AD. When a white-skinned princess is born to the king and queen of Ethiopia, she is abandoned to avoid scandal. Raised as a priestess in distant Delphi, she falls in love with a noble stranger and flees with him. Their journey becomes a perilous odyssey through pirates, bandits, and dangers that ultimately lead them back to Ethiopia—where fate awaits. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Heliodorus, of Emesa
Translator Quenneville, N.
Title Les Éthiopiennes, ou Théagènes et Chariclée, tomes 1-3
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethiopica Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_%C3%89thiopiques_(H%C3%A9liodore)
Credits Produced by Madeleine Fournier and Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject Love stories
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Princesses -- Fiction
Subject Ethiopia -- Fiction
Subject Mystery fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 49004
Release Date
Last Update Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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