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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

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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