Salammbô (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gustave Flaubert
- First Published: 1862
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Third century
- Setting: Carthage
- Principal Characters: Hamilcar, Salammbô, Mathô, Spendius, Narr’ Havas
- 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
The Story:
Inside the walls of Carthage a vast army of mercenaries gathered in the gardens of Hamilcar. There were Ligurians, Lusitanians, nomadic barbarians from North Africa, Romans, Greeks, Gauls, and Egyptians. A feast for these thousands of hired warriors was in preparation. Odors of cooking food came from Hamilcar’s kitchens, and the Council of Elders had provided many oxen to roast over the open fires in the gardens. The men, tired from their defeat at the hands of the Romans and weary from the sea journey over the Mediterranean, waited with ill-concealed impatience...
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