Editing Heliodorus of Emesa (section)

{{short description|3rd/4th century Greco-Roman writer}}
[[File:Heliodorus of Emesa, Aethiopica, Venice, Gr. 410.jpg|thumb|A manuscript of the ''Aethiopica'' (Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Gr. 410, fol. 94v)]]
'''Heliodorus Emesenus''' or '''Heliodorus of Emesa''' ({{langx|grc|Ἡλιόδωρος ὁ Ἐμεσηνός}}) is the author of the [[ancient Greek novel]] called the ''[[Aethiopica]]'' ({{lang|grc|Αἰθιοπικά}}) or ''Theagenes and Chariclea'' ({{lang|grc|Θεαγένης καὶ Χαρίκλεια}}), which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lane Fox|first=Robin|author-link=Robin Lane Fox|year=1989|title=Pagans and Christians|page=118|url=https://archive.org/details/PagansAndChristians/mode/1up}}</ref>