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The History of Apollonius King of Tyre - cover

The History of Apollonius King of Tyre

Anonymous

Translator Charles Swan, Wynnard Hooper

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

This saga takes place in and around what is now Turkey and Iran. It tells the story of Apollonius and his love for the daughter of the King of Antioch. Her father was a wicked man and had sired her incestuously by force. To keep her for himself, he devised a riddle such that only a man who could solve it,  could marry his daughter. But he was deceitful as well as wicked, and in this way, the saga of Apolloius' love for the daughter began.
Available since: 04/10/2021.
Print length: 31 pages.

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