Drosilla and Charikles: A Byzantine NovelKnown for its sensitive representation of the enduring love of a young man and woman, Drosilla and Charikles is one of four existing Byzantine Greek novels, and the first one to be translated into English. This Bilingual edition features: Introduction Aids to reading comprehension: Alphabetical list of characters, List of characters by relationship, List of gods and legendary figures, Select places and people Greek text with facing English translation Explanatory notes on the English translation Bibliography. |
Contents
Summary of Contents | 3 |
Book | 21 |
Book Three | 41 |
Book Four | 63 |
Book Five | 85 |
Book | 109 |
Book Seven | 143 |
Explanatory Notes | 187 |
Select Bibliography | 203 |
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