Episode 89 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 89: The Aethiopica of Heliodorus. See what you remember about the longest surviving novel from antiquity by clicking “START” below!
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In Meroe, toward the end of the novel, Charikleia and Theagenes are nearly sacrificed. Meroe was, at the time the novel is set, the heart of the kingdom of:
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Much of the first half of the Aethiopica is told by means of a lengthy flashback narrative. This narrative is offered by:
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Kalasiris, one of the novel’s main characters, was formerly:
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When Charikleia’s mom conceived, she was looking at a picture of:
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Charikleia and Theagenes originally met in the Greek city of:
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Heliodorus identifies himself as being from Emesa, a city in modern day:
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When Charikleia was born, her mother was apprehensive because:
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A very common element of ancient foundling stories is:
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The Aethiopica‘s first pages open with a scene involving:
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Arsake, who shows up about 2/3 of the way through the novel, attempts to seduce the hero Theagenes. She is:
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The young Athenian whom Charikleia and Theagenes meet early in the novel, who helps them negotiate with the swamp bandits, is named:
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The novel’s hero, Theagenes, is from:
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While the Aethiopica was written between about 250 and 370 CE, the events of the Aethiopica are set to take place in roughly:
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In the end of this episode, we discussed how from what we know about all of the authors of the suriving ancient Greek novelists, they were:
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In a dramatic scene that takes place toward the end of the protagonists’ stay in Memphis, Egypt, Charikleia is:
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