Argenis (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: John Barclay
- First Published: 1621
- Type of Work: Prose romance
- Type of Plot: Pseudoclassical heroic allegory
- Time of Work: The Hellenistic era
- Setting: Sicily and the Western Mediterranean
- Principal Characters: Poliarchus, Argenis, Meleander, Archombrotus, Hyanisbe, Radirobanes, Lycogenes, Arsidas, Gelanorus, Selenissa, Timoclea, Nicopompus
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Europe or Europeans, Storms, Kings, queens, or royalty, Shipwrecks, Greek or Roman times, Satire, Battles, Greece or Greek people, Princes or princesses
- Locales: Europe, Greece, ancient
The Story:
Before the Mediterranean world had ever come under the dominance of Rome, a young adventurer from Africa landed on the shores of Sicily and was met by a distraught lady who begged him to assist her friend, who was being attacked by thieves. The young man, who gave his name as Archombrotus, sped to the rescue only to find that his help was not needed: the lady’s friend had dispatched the thieves single-handed. The three returned to the lady’s house where Archombrotus learned that the lady was Timoclea, a respected Sicilian matron, and that her friend was young...
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