>>9711451In what way is Calirhoe similar to Romeo and Juliet other than being a story about a man and a woman who madly fall in love with each other but than face some obstacles on their way to happiness? Callirhoe is pathetic and uplifting, Chariton even puts aside all the sophistry that was characteristic for Greeko-Roman novels with the same themes in order to put more emphasis on the main characters' love. On the other hand, Shakespeare in his tragicalness was much more similar to Tristan and Isolde, which, in its turn, has much more significant Christian influence rather than Antique one
>>9711484I'm not really a fan of English Romanticism either desu. Nevertheless, I wholeheartedly love a lot of German and Russian Romantics
