page_title: Artamène
hierarchical_section_title: Artamène
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page from Artamène, ou le grand Cyrus (1649-1653) by Madeleine de Scudéry ( (1607-1701)
context_page_description: Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus is a novel sequence, originally published in ten volumes in the 17th century. The title pages credit the work to Georges de Scudéry, but it is usually attributed to his sister Madeleine. At 1,954,300 words, it is considered one of the longest novels ever published.
  "Scudery’s major classical references and source-material comes from Herodotus’ Histories and Xenophon’s Cyropaedia. Other sources include Plutarch, Justin, Polyaenus, Pliny, Ovid, Strabon, and the Bible." However, it is a roman à clef about contemporary personages.
context_section_description: Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus (English: Artamène, or Cyrus the Great) is a novel sequence, originally published in ten volumes in the 17th century.  The title pages credit the work to Georges de Scudéry, but it is usually attributed to his sister Madeleine.  At 1,954,300 words, it is considered one of the longest novels ever published.
  "Scudery’s major classical references and source-material comes from Herodotus’ Histories and Xenophon’s Cyropaedia.  Other sources include Plutarch, Justin, Polyaenus, Pliny, Ovid, Strabon, and the Bible." However, it is a roman à clef about contemporary personages.
caption: Title page, part 3
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