Chariclea

Hear what saith the historian: "This Heliodorus, bishop of Trica, had in his youth written certain love-stories called the" Ethiopics, "which are highly popular even at the present day, though they are now better known by the title of 'Chariclea'" -- (the name of the heroine) -- "and it was by reason thereof that he lost his see.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various

Chariclea was the fifth and last child of Alexander Constantine and Euterpe Ionides and was born in 1844.

Archive 2008-09-01 Hermes 2008

[4837] Chariclea fell into the hand of pirates, but when all the rest were put to the edge of the sword, she alone was preserved for her person.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Lais, another Helena, Chariclea, Leucippe, Lucretia, Pandora; let her have a box of beauty to repair herself still, such a one as

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Heliodorus, a bishop, penned a love story of Theagines and Chariclea, and when some Catos of his time reprehended him for it, chose rather, saith

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

'Tis the same strain which Theagines used to his Chariclea, so that I may but enjoy thy love, let me die presently: Leander to his Hero, when he besought the sea waves to let him go quietly to his love, and kill him coming back.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Chariclea operates in a largely feminine economy without ever abandoning the masculine economy of the father; through maternal impression she sidesteps the patrilineal system, yet still carries the black mark that identifies her as connected to her father.

The Angry Owner 1999

Chariclea, instantaneous on both sides; and the expedient adopted by

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various

Alexandria; but their voyage through the tortuous branches of the Nile is intercepted by marauders of the same class, _Bucoli_ or buccaniers, as those who figure so conspicuously in the adventures of _Chariclea_ and _Theagenes_.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various

Theagenes and Chariclea, and yet both these wrote in prose: which I speak to show, that it is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet, no more than a long gown maketh an advocate: who, though he pleaded in armour, should be an advocate and no soldier.

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