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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARITON  , of Aphrodisias in

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

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