Good day, Literature assignment. Please read and make sure you understand what needs to be done.
LEHMAN COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LIETERATURES
LEH352 – The Ancient Romance
Fall 2020
Instructor: Mark Murphy
Name: ___________________________
Writing Assignment: Chaereas and Callirhoe
Please answer the following questions and submit them on Blackboard by Thursday, October 1 @ 11:59pm.
Find eight separate instances of Callirhoe invoking the goddess of love and sexual attraction Aphrodite. Cite Book and Chapter for each one (i.e., Book 1, Chapter 5). Then characterize each one, i.e., is Callirhoe thanking the goddess, complaining to the goddess, upbraiding the goddess, and so on. Finally, give the reason(s) for which Callirhoe is speaking to Aphrodite as she is.
Are you on Team Chaereas or Team Dionysius? Explain briefly.