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.
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]