HUM-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Achilles Tatius, Sea Monster, Odysseus
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Callirhoe by chariton (earliest) first century ce. Ethiopian tales by heliodorus(latest-third or 4th century ce) The greek novel is the most important literary innovation of the roman empire. Tale: king and queen of ethiopia are making love. Queen was looking at picture of andromeda. Andromeda is an ethiopian princess, but she is white. When the queen looks at painting, life that has been conceived inside her is printed with an image of andromeda. She is going to look like the white princess. Exposes the baby and leaves her to be found and brought up by other people. Andromeda- daughter of ethiopian king cepheus and cassiopeia. Callisto was raped by zeus and turned into a bear. Ganymede was abducted by zeus and taken to olympus. In greek novels, aeros is someone who is potentially destructive, but ends up being harnessed because of marriage.
