Heliodorus of Emesa

Heliodorus of Emesa

Heliodorus of Emesa, from Emesa, Syria, was a Greek writer generally dated to the third century AD who is known for the ancient Greek romance or novel called the "Aethiopica" (the "Ethiopian Story") or sometimes "Theagenes and Chariclea".

According to his own statement, his father's name was Theodosius and he belonged to a family of priests of the sun. According to the ecclesiastical historian Socrates Scholasticus ("Hist. eccles." V. 22), the author of the "Aethiopica" was a certain Heliodorus, bishop of Tricca in Thessaly. It is supposed that the work was written in his early years before he became a Christian and that, when confronted with the alternative of disowning it or resigning his bishopric, he preferred resignation. But it is now generally agreed that the real author was a sophist of the 3rd century AD.Fact|date=February 2008

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.elfinspell.com/HeliodorusMyIntro.html Aethiopica (English translation)] at Elfinspell

*1911


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Heliodorus of Emesa — ▪ Greek writer flourished 4th century AD, Emesa [now Ḥimṣ, Syria]       Greek writer, author of the Aethiopica, the longest and most readable of the extant ancient Greek novels.       The Aethiopica tells the story of an Ethiopian princess and a… …   Universalium

  • Heliodorus — Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which is *Heliodorus of Emesa, author of the novel Aethiopica .*Heliodorus a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator ca. 175 BC *Heliodorus a Greek ambassador who… …   Wikipedia

  • Heliodorus — Heliodōrus, griech. Erotiker, aus Emesa in Syrien, verfaßte im 3. Jahrh. n. Chr. den besten der erhaltenen griech. Romane: »Aithiopika« (hg. von Bekker, 1855; deutsch von Göttling 1822). – Vgl. Oeftering (1901) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • HELIODORUS —    the most noted and earliest of the Greek romancists, born at Emesa, Syria; flourished in the second half of the 3rd century A.D.; his romance Æthiopica is a love tale of great beauty and told with naïve simplicity; has had considerable… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Heliodoros von Emesa — Heliodoros (griechisch Ἡλιόδωρος, auch Heliodor) aus Emesa war ein griechischer Autor der Spätantike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben und Werk 2 Literatur 2.1 Ausgaben …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Aethiopica — (the Ethiopian story) or Theagenes and Chariclea is an ancient Greek romance or novel. It was written by Heliodorus of Emesa and is his only known work. Socrates Scholasticus mentions it as the work of a Heliodorus, bishop of Trikka. It has also… …   Wikipedia

  • Homs — Infobox Settlement official name = Homs other name = native name = حمص nickname = settlement type = motto = imagesize = 300px image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem type =… …   Wikipedia

  • Chariton — For other uses, see Chariton (disambiguation). Chariton of Aphrodisias (Greek: Χαρίτων Ἀφροδισεύς)[1] was the author of an ancient Greek novel probably titled Callirhoe (based on the subscription in the sole surviving manuscript), though it is… …   Wikipedia

  • Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …   Wikipedia

  • Daphnis and Chloe — This article is about the original story. For the ballet by Fokine and Ravel, see Daphnis et Chloé. Daphnis and Chloe by Jean Pierre Cortot Daphnis and Chloe (Greek: Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη, Daphnis kai Chloē) is the only known work of the 2nd century AD …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”