Chariton of Aphrodisias () was the author of an ancient Greek novel probably titled Callirhoe ( based on the subscription in the sole surviving manuscript ), though it is regularly referred to as Chaereas and Callirhoe ( which more closely aligns with the title given at the head of the manuscript ).

In Syracuse, Chaereas falls madly in love with the supernally beautiful Callirhoe, and they are married, but when her many disappointed suitors successfully conspire to trick Chaereas into thinking she is unfaithful, he kicks her so hard that she falls over as if dead.

Chaereas and Callirhoe return in triumph to Syracuse, where Callirhoe offers prayers to Aphrodite, who has guided the events of the narrative.

The historical daughter of Hermocrates died after a violent attack by soldiers ; that Callirhoe merely appears to be dead after being kicked by Chaereas has been seen as a deliberate change allowing Chariton " to resurrect her for adventures abroad ".

In Chariton ’ s ancient Greek novel Callirhoe, Chaereas finds his wife ’ s tomb empty and " All kinds of explanations were offered by the crowd, Chaereas, looking up to heaven and stretching up his hands said ' Which of the gods has become my rival and carried off Callirhoe and now has her instead of me, against her will but constrained by a better fate?

* Chariton-The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe

* Chariton-The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe

* Chariton-The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe

* Chariton-The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe

* Chariton-The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe

* Chaereas and Callirhoe, by Chariton of Aphrodisias ( 1st century )

Recent evidence of fragments of the text on papyri suggests that the novel may have been written in the mid 1st century AD, making it the oldest surviving complete ancient prose romance and the only one to make use of apparent historiographical features for background verisimilitude and structure, in conjunction with elements of Greek mythology, as Callirhoë is frequently compared to Aphrodite and Ariadne and Chaereas to numerous heroes, both implicitly and explicitly.

He increased this pittance by translation ; in addition to some French novels, he rendered into German The Loves of Chaereas and Callirrhoe of Chariton, the Greek romance writer.

There is a funeral, and she is shut up in a tomb, but then it turns out she was only in a coma, and wakes up in time to scare the pirates who have opened the tomb to rob it ; they recover quickly and take her to sell as a slave in Miletus, where her new master, Dionysius, falls in love with her and marries her, she being afraid to mention that she is already married ( and pregnant by Chaereas ).

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The Satyricon is considered one of the gems of Western literature, and may be the earliest extant work classifiable as a novel, although some would give that honour to Chariton's Callirhoe.

As the fiction takes place in the past, and historical figures interact with the plot, Callirhoe may be understood as the first historical novel ; it was later imitated by Xenophon of Ephesus and Heliodorus of Emesa, among others.

There is a dismissive reference, however, to a work called Callirhoe in the Satires of Persius, who died in AD 62 ; if this is Chariton's novel, then a relatively early date would be indicated.

The novel also has some amusing insights into ancient culture ( for instance, the pirates decide to sell Callirhoe in Miletus rather than in the equally wealthy Athens, because they considered Athenians to be litigious busybodies who would ask too many questions ).

The discovery of five separate fragments of Chariton's novel at Oxyrhynchus and Karanis in Egypt attest to the popularity of Callirhoe.

The Greek novel, typified by Chariton's Callirhoe and the Hero and Leander of Pseudo-Musaeus, also emerged.

** Callirhoe, a maiden who was loved by Coresus

** Callirhoe, daughter of Nestus, mother of Biston, Odomas and Edonus by Ares

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976: " Antioch by the Callirhoe, later Justinopolis ( Edessa ; Urfa ) Turkey "

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* L481 ) Chariton: Callirhoe

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