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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.

  1. 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.

  1. Are you on Team Chaereas or Team Dionysius? Explain briefly.