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Chaereas and Callirhoe Book 1

Hermocrates, ruler of Syracuse, victor over the Athenians, had a daughter named Callirhoe, a marvel of a girl and the idol of all Sicily. In fact her beauty was not so much human as divine, not that of a Nereid or mountain nymph, either, but of Aphrodite herself.⁠

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Chaereas and Callirhoe Book 1

Tradition
Classical
Author
Chariton
Written
50–60 CE

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