Description

• Title:
  Chinese in Ethiopia? Seres in the Ethiopian adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea by Heliodorus
• Creator:
  Malinowski , Gościwit
• Description:
  In the Ethiopian adventures of Theagenes and the Chariclea by Heliodorus, Seres are mentioned twice as allies of the Ethiopian king in the battle against the Persians (9, 16–18) and participants in the royal audience at Meroe (10, 25–26). They donate silk produced in their country to the King Hydaspes, so they are usually considered Chinese by commentators. However, the world presented in Heliodorus’ novel is set in the realities of the Roman era and Roman eastern trade, when African countries also participated in trans-oceanic contacts with India. The archetype of the Heliodorus’ Seres can be found in the kingdom of Chera, located in southern India.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 Gościwit Malinowski
• Date:
  2021.10.12
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2021); 141-152;
  Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae; Tom 31 Nr 1 (2021); 141-152;
  2720-2305;
  0302-7384
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sppgl/article/view/29632/26307
• Subject:
  Greek novel;
  Heliodorus;
  Aithiopica;
  Meroe;
  Ethiopia;
  Rome’s Eastern trade;
  Chera dynasty;
  India;
  silk trade;
  China
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sppgl/article/view/29632
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text