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Scriptores Erotici Gręci. the Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus, and Achilles Tatius, Comprising the Ethiopics
Scriptores Erotici Grci the Greek Romances of Heliodorus Longus and Achilles Tatius Comprising the Ethiopics Author:Heliodorus Subtitle: The Pastoral Amours of Daphnis and Chloe; and the Loves of Clitopho and Leucippe. Tr., With Notes, by R. Smith General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1855 Original Publisher: Bohn Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. W... more »hen you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ACHILLES TATIUS. BOOK I. Sidon is situated upon the coast of the Assyrian sea; it is the mother city of the Phoenicians, and its inhabitants were the founders of Thebes. It has a harbour of capacious extent, which gradually admits within it the waters of the sea; it is double, because, to the right, a passage has been dug into an inner basin, which likewise admits the sea; in this manner the first harbour becomes the entrance to a second, which affords a secure haven to vessels during summer, while in winter they can ride at anchor safely in the former. Upon arriving here after encountering a severe storm, I made thank-offeringsf on account of my preservation, to the goddess of the Phoenicians, called by the Sidomans, Astarte. As I was wandering about the city, surveying the votive offerings in the temples, I saw a painting containing a view both of sea and land. Europaf formed the subject, and the scene was laid partly on the Phoenician sea, partly on the coast of Sidon. In a meadow was seen a band of maidens; a bull was swimming in the sea, directing his course towards Crete, and having a fair damsel seated upon his back. The meadow was diversified with flowers intermixed with trees and shrubs; the trees were near to one another, and their branches J and leaves united so closely overhead, as to form a cover for the flowers below. The artist had shewn great skill in managing the shade; for the sun-rays were seen dispersedly breaking through the overarching...« less