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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War but told in contemporary Irish dialect, Glorious Exploits follows Lampo and Gelon, best friends since childhood. Thrilled to have survived the Athenians' recent invasion and as shocked by the Syracusan victory as everyone else, these unemployed potters are in a mood to celebrate. Of course, they hate the Athenians. Still, that doesn't mean you can't love the theatre of their great playwright Euripides,...
2) Callirhoe
Author
Series
Loeb classical library volume 481
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Chariton's Callirhoe, subtitled "Love Story in Syracuse," is the oldest extant novel. It is a fast-paced historical romance with ageless charm. Chariton narrates the adventures of a strikingly beautiful young bride named Callirhoe, beginning with her abduction by pirates - adventures that take her as far as the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes and involve shipwrecks, several ardent suitors, an embarrassing pregnancy, the hazards of war, and a...
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
©1990
Language
English
Description
Documents all sides of the Rushdie controversy, providing an international chronology of events, early reviews of the book, and more reflective articles drawn from the huge, worldwide coverage, fairly and fully representing all points of view.
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