The adventures of Theagenes and Chariclia, a romance. Being the Rise, Progress, Tryals, and happy Success of the Heroic Loves of those Two Illustrious Persons. Wherein the following Histories are intermix'd. I. The Treacherous Slave; Or, Cruel Step-Mother. II. The Wandering Prelate. III. The Fighting Priest. IV. The Royal Adultress. With several other Curious Events. Written originally in Greek by Heliodorus Bishop of Heliodorus in the Fourth Century of Christianity; who chose to be depriv'd of his Bishoprick, rather than destroy this Book, design'd by Him for the Promotion of Virtuous Loves. In two volumes.
- Heliodorus, of Emesa.
- Date:
- [1717]
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Also known as
Aethiopica. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for W. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row E. Curll, R. Gosling, and J. Hooke in Fleetstreet, and J. Browne without Temple-Bar, and J. Osborn in Lombard-Street, [1717]
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2v. ; 120.
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References note
ESTC T128571
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