num_pages: 448
description: Chariton's Callirhoe, subtitled Love Story in Syracuse, is a fast-paced historical romance of the first century CE and the oldest extant novel.
language: English
title: Callirhoe
titlecomplete: Callirhoe
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Greece, Ancient, Romance, Literature, Classics, Ancient History, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 730
publisher: Harvard University Press