Merchant’s Road Toward the Utopia in Heliodorus’ Aethiopica

IF 0.2 3区 历史学 0 CLASSICS Antichthon Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.1017/ann.2018.9
J. S. Sánchez Hernández
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Abstract Heliodorus’ Aethiopica narrates the adventurous journey of a couple through Egypt to the kingdom of Meroe in Ethiopia where they get married. To increase the plausibility of this story Heliodorus uses his knowledge of Rome’s trade activities in the East and he even introduces some characters involved in trade ventures in those regions (e.g. Nausicles) at crucial moments of its development. On the other hand, Heliodorus’ references to luxurious products of Eastern and African origin, as well as to exotic animals or tribes, are recurring elements (or leitmotifs) that are consciously interspersed throughout the novel. Those references not only serve to unify a carefully planned plot and guide the reader to an intended conclusion, but also to map the idealised Ethiopia and its neighboring subjected regions (inhabited by some fantastic tribes), where the protagonists will eventually live.
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赫利奥多罗斯的《埃塞俄比亚》讲述了一对夫妇穿越埃及来到埃塞俄比亚的梅罗埃王国并在那里结婚的冒险之旅。为了增加这个故事的可信度,Heliodorus运用了他对罗马在东方的贸易活动的了解,他甚至在这些地区发展的关键时刻引入了一些参与贸易冒险的人物(例如Nausicles)。另一方面,Heliodorus提到的东方和非洲的奢侈产品,以及异国情调的动物或部落,是反复出现的元素(或主题),有意识地穿插在整个小说中。这些参考文献不仅有助于统一精心策划的情节,引导读者得出预期的结论,而且还描绘了理想的埃塞俄比亚及其邻近的受影响地区(居住着一些奇妙的部落),主人公最终将生活在那里。
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