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HELIODORUS
, of Emesa in See also:Syria, See also:Greek writer of See also:romance
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According to his own statement his See also:father's name was See also:Theodosius, and he belonged to a See also:family of priests of the See also:sun
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He was the author of the Aethiopica, the See also:oldest and best of the Greek romances that have come down to us
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It was first brought to See also:light in See also:modern times in a MS. from the library of See also:Matthias See also:Corvinus, found at the See also:sack of Buda (Ofen) in 1526, and printed at See also:Basel in 1534
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Other codices have since been discovered
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The See also:title is taken from the fact that the See also:action of the beginning and end of the See also:story takes See also:place in Aethiopia
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The daughter of Persine, wife of Hydaspes, See also: Her See also:birth is made known, and the lovers are happily married . The rapid See also:succession of events, the variety of the characters, the graphic descriptions of See also:manners and of natural scenery, the simplicity and elegance of the See also:style, give the Aethiopica See also:great See also:charm . As a whole it offends less against See also:good See also:taste and morality than others of the same class . See also:Homer and See also:Euripides were the favourite authors of Heliodorus, who in his turn was imitated by See also:French, See also:Italian and See also:Spanish writers . The See also:early See also:life of Clorinda in See also:Tasso's See also:Jerusalem Delivered (See also:canto xii . |
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