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Chariton
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Chariton (lived 2nd century)

Greek romance writer, born at Aphrodisias in Caria. His Loves of Chaereas and Callirrhoe, some episodes of which are historical, is set at the time of the Peloponnesian War.
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Chariton, for example, exploits this convention in his opening chapters, where he subjects both Chaereas and Callirhoe to the flames of love at first sight ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.
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