Download or read book Heliodorus written by Heliodorus (of Emesa.) and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1999-01-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central love-struck characters are Charicles, the beautiful daughter of the Ethiopian queen, and Theagenes, a Thessalian aristocrat. The story unfolds with all the twists and devices any writer would employ today, with the added attractions of dreams, oracles, and exotic locales in the ancient Mediterranean and Africa."--BOOK JACKET.