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CHARITON , of Aphrodisias in See also:Caria, the author of a See also:Greek See also:romance entitled The Loves of Chaereas and See also:Callirrhoe, probably flourished in the 4th See also:century A.D . The See also:action of the See also:story, which is to a certain extent See also:historical, takes See also:place during the See also:time of the Peloponnesian See also:War . Opinions differ as to the merits of the romance, which is an See also:imitation of See also:Xenophon of See also:Ephesus and See also:Heliodorus . See also:Editions by J . P . D'Orville (1783), G . A . Hirschig (1856) and R . Hercher (1859); there is an (See also:anonymous) See also:English See also:translation (1764); see also E . Rohde, Der griechische See also:Roman (1900) . |
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