Writing Homework Help

read story and answer questions story begins on page 17

1.Who wrote Chaereas and Callirhoe?

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2.What are the names of his a) hometown and b) region of origin?

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3.In what a) city and b) island does the novel open?

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4.The heroine has a ‘speaking name’. What does it mean?

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5.What event brought Callirhoe out in public for the first time?

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6.Who is the ringleader of the suitors who succeed in destroying the wedded bliss of Chaereas and Callirhoe?

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7.What does Chaereas do to Callirhoe that causes her to fall over as if dead?

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8.What according to our narrator causes Callirhoe to breathe again?

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9.What is the name of the pirate who, together with his accomplices, kidnaps Callirhoe from her tomb?

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10.Callirhoe is next sold as a slave. In what a) city and b) region and by c) whom is she bought?

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11.With the help of Plangon, Callirhoe discovers something about herself. What is it?

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12.Why does she decide to marry the besotted Dionysius?

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13.What is the cause of death of the pirate Theron?

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14.Chaereas sets out across the sea a second time to find Callirhoe. a) In what region does he land? b) What happens to his ship and crew? c) What is the fate of Chaereas and Polycharmus in Caria?

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15.Why does Callirhoe think Chaereas is dead?

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16.Who does Callirhoe blame for Chaereas’ death?

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17.What event led to Chaereas and Polycharmus almost being crucified?

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18.How many letters are written to Callirhoe? What are the names of their authors?

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19.a) Whose help does Dionysius enlist to discredit Mithridates? b) What is this person’s station in life, i.e., position?

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20.Who decides to organize a trial to settle the matter of Mithridates’ alleged misdeeds?

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