Nothing is securely known of Chariton beyond what he states in his novel, which introduces him as " Chariton of Aphrodisias, secretary of the rhetor Athenagoras ".

The name " Chariton ", which means " man of graces ", has been considered a pseudonym chosen to suit the romantic content of his writing, but both " Chariton " and " Athenagoras " occur as names on inscriptions from Aphrodisias.

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

Chariton County was settled primarily from the states of the Upper South, especially Kentucky and Tennessee.

Chariton was one of several counties settled mostly by Southerners to the north and south of the Missouri River.

Given their culture and traditions, this area became known as Little Dixie and Chariton County was at its heart.

The original settlement was called " Cabins of White Folks ," or simply, " The Cabins ," and was located six miles ( 10 km ) west of present-day Kirksville along the Chariton River.

Novinger versus Nature: Being a river town, Novinger was no stranger to frequent flooding of the Chariton River during the community's early years.

Chariton was one of several counties along the Missouri River to become known as Little Dixie.

Keyte, an English immigrant and Methodist minister, was also the founder of Keytesville, Missouri, the county seat of Chariton County.

A new Chariton County Courthouse was constructed in Keytesville in the summer of 1974 and occupied the following July.

The town was laid out on rolling upland prairie, between the Middle Fork of the Salt and the East Fork of the Chariton rivers, 1856.

Moberly was founded in 1866, and named after Colonel William E. Moberly, the first president of the Chariton and Randolph County railroads.

He had lived many years in Palestine ( probably in the Old Lavra of Saint Chariton or Souka, near Tekoa ) as a monk, before coming to Constantinople, where he was appointed syncellus ( literally, " Cell-mate ") to Tarasius, patriarch of Constantinople.

He was born in Virginia, studied medicine in Baltimore, Maryland ; moved to Howard County, Missouri, and settled near Glasgow, Missouri ; engaged in the practice of medicine ; studied theology ; was ordained to the ministry and became a Methodist minister in that locality ; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Missouri ; presidential elector on the ticket of Jackson and Calhoun in 1828 ; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-third Congress ( March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 ); resumed his ministerial duties and also the practice of medicine ; died near Rothville, Missouri, Chariton County, Missouri, in February 1863 ; interment in Hutcheson Cemetery, a family burial ground, near Rothville.

* 1879-Bankers Life Association was founded on July 1, 1879 by Edward Temple, a banker from Chariton, Iowa, and five other colleagues.

He was a pastor in Iowa from 1857 until 1883, serving various charges including East Des Moines, Chariton, Wesley Chapel ( Des Moines ), Broadway Church in Council Bluffs, Red Oak, and Creston.

A versatile businessman, Holmes, born in 1919 in Chariton, Iowa, was originally an auctioneer.

* Chaereas and Callirhoe, a novel written by the ancient Greek author Chariton

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?

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.

Regardless, Chariton is generally believed to have written before the other Greek novelists whose works survive, making either his work or Petronius ' Satyricon the earliest extant European novel.

The novel is told in a linear manner ; after a brief first person introduction by Chariton, the narrator uses the third person.

" According to Wallace O Chariton, The " most popular, and probably the most accurate " version is that Bowie died on his cot, " back braced against the wall, and using his pistols and his famous knife.

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 ".

* L481 ) Chariton: Callirhoe

The highest point in the county, about above sea level, is on the primary divide between the Chariton River and Grand River drainage basins along its northern border shared with Putnam County northwest of Green City.

There are three sites in Keytesville listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the First Presbyterian Church, the Chariton County Jail and Sheriff's residence, and the Redding-Hill House.

Edmund Cueva has argued that Chariton also depended on Plutarch's vita of Theseus for thematic material, or perhaps directly on one of Plutarch's sources, an obscure mythographer, Paion of Amathus.

Later styles are represented by Longford Castle, near Salisbury, where the picture galleries are of great interest ; by Heytesbury House ; by Wilton House at Wilton, Kingston House at Bradford-upon-Avon, Bowood House near Calne, Longleat near Warminster, Corsham Court at Corsham, Littlecote near Ramsbury, Chariton House near Malmesbury, Compton Chamberlayne in the Nadder valley, Grittleton House and the modern Castle Combe, both near Chippenham and Stourhead, on the borders of Dorset and Somerset.

Planters in other Little Dixie counties, such as Platte, Howard, Chariton and Ralls, grew millions of pounds of tobacco on large plantations with 20 or more slaves.

* Locust Hill ( Brunswick, Missouri ), listed on the NRHP in Chariton County, Missouri

* Martyrs Chariton, Charita, Euelpistus, Hierax, Peonus, Valerian ( Liberianus ), and Justus with Justin Martyr ( 166 )

Chariton County is a county located in North Central Missouri in the United States.

The county is named for the Chariton River.

Rathbun Reservoir, created by damming the Chariton River, is its main physical feature.

* Chariton Valley is located in Randolph, Chariton, and Western Monroe counties.

Rathbun is located at ( 40. 801375, − 92. 888296 ) about a mile west of the confluence of Walnut Creek and the Chariton River, about 2 miles south of Rathbun Dam.

Brunswick is a rural city in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

The district, in student count, is the second largest in Chariton County, trailing Salisbury schools.

Dalton is a village in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

Keytesville is a town in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

It is the county seat of Chariton County.

Mendon is a city in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

Rothville is a village in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

Salisbury is a city in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

Sumner is a city in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

Triplett is a city in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

Marceline is a city in Chariton and Linn Counties in the U. S. state of Missouri.

The latest possible date at which Chariton could have written is attested in papyri that contain fragments of his work, which can be dated by palaeography to about AD 200.

Since Hermocrates died in 407 BC and Artaxerxes did not come to the throne until 404 BC, Chariton is anachronistic in having Hermocrates alive during Artaxerxes ' reign.