Chińczycy w Etiopii? „Seres” w „Opowieść etiopskiej o Teagenesie i Chariklei” Heliodora

• Authors: Gościwit Malinowski

Title variants

EN

Chinese in Ethiopia? Seres in the Ethiopian adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea by Heliodorus

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

Greek novel; Heliodorus; Aithiopica; Meroe; Ethiopia; Rome’s Eastern trade; Chera dynasty; India; silk trade; China

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 141-152

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Gościwit Malinowski

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

• https://orcid.org/0000000321594154

References

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/sppgl.2021.XXXI.1.11

Biblioteka Nauki

1806864