Salammbô (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Gustave Flaubert
- First Published: 1862
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Third century
- Setting: Carthage
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Love or romance, Suicide, Obsession, Gods or goddesses, Riots, Tragedy, Mercenary soldiers, Greek or Roman times, Armies, Priests, Moon or moons, Feasting or feasts, Temples, Third century
- Locales: Carthage, ancient
Characters Discussed
Hamilcar (ah-meel-KAHR), the suffete of third century Carthage. A great feast is given, in his absence, for his thousands of mercenaries. He arrives home to find them in rebellion, and after several reversals, he conquers and destroys them.
Salammbô (sah-lahm-BOH), the daughter of Hamilcar and the priestess of the Carthaginian moon goddess, Tanit. She utters a curse on the angry barbarians who, after their defeat by the Romans and the delay with their back pay, begin pillaging the palace of Hamilcar. When Mathô later invades the sacred temple, she...
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