Heliodorus Emesenus or Heliodorus of Emesa (Template:Langx) is the author of the ancient Greek novel called the Aethiopica ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) or Theagenes and Chariclea ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
IdentificationEdit
He identifies himself at the end of his work as
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According to Tim Whitmarsh, 'from the race of the sun' "looks like a claim to hereditary priesthood," though "uncertainties" remain.<ref name="Whitmarsh 72"/> According to The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, "the personal link here established between the writer and Helios has also a literary purpose, as has Calasiris' flashback narrative"<ref name="Cambridge 136"/> Template:Crossreference. The later tradition maintaining that Heliodorus had become a Christian bishop is likely fictional.<ref name="Whitmarsh 72"/>Template:Efn
Quoting Richard L. Hunter,
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The Emesenes were a culturally complex group, including Arab, Phoenician and Greek elements, and, since the third century at any rate, having a connection with the Roman imperial household (the empress Julia Domna was from Emesa, as was the cult of Elagabal which inspired the emperor Heliogabalus).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>{{#if:|{{#if:|}}
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See alsoEdit
Other ancient Greek novelists:
- Chariton – The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe
- Xenophon of Ephesus – The Ephesian Tale
- Achilles Tatius – Leucippe and Clitophon
- Longus – Daphnis and Chloe
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ReferencesEdit
BibliographyEdit
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- Heliodoros, Aithiopika, ed. Robert Mantle Rattenbury, Thomas Wallace Lumb (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, three volumes, 1935–1943)
External linksEdit
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- Aethiopica (English translation) at Elfinspell