This work, along with Ovid's Ibis, was notably translated by Thomas Underdowne. In Twelfth Night, Duke Orsino makes a reference to this work's character of Thyamis, who locks a central character in a cave and kills a woman he mistakes for her when he is attacked by a band of thieves. The central characters of this novel survive being subjected to a device that burns all who are unchaste. In this work's tenth and final boo
This work, along with Ovid's Ibis, was notably translated by Thomas Underdowne. In Twelfth Night, Duke Orsino makes a reference to this work's character of Thyamis, who locks a central character in a cave and kills a woman he mistakes for her when he is attacked by a band of thieves. The central characters of this novel survive being subjected to a device that burns all who are unchaste. In this work's tenth and final book, the ruler Hydaspes receives a gigantic wrestler and a giraffe from ambassadors, both of whom are tamed by the male lead. This novel opens in medias res, as a band of robbers discover a scene of carnage and see Chariclea nursing the wounded Theagenes aboard a ship. For 10 points, name this only novel of Heliodorus, a third century work set in a title African country.
This work, along with Ovid's Ibis, was notably translated by Thomas Underdowne.
Aethiopica [or The Ethipian Story; or An Ethiopian Romance]