Narrationes Amatoriae

Name: Narrationes Amatoriae
Author: Parthenius of Nicaea

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Thirty-six tales of unhappy love, compiled for the poet Gallus as raw material for poetry. The stories are compressed and violent — betrayal, incest, suicide, metamorphosis.

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Book 1
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Polymeia
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Euippe
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Oenone
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Leucippo
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Pallene
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Hipparino
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Herippe
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Polycrite
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Leucone
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

4 lines
De Byblide
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Calcho
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Harpalyce
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Antheo
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Daphne
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Laodice
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Periandri matre
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Neaera
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Pancrato
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Haero
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Pisidice
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Nanide
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Chilonide
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Hipparino
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Phayllo
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Apriate
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Alcinoe
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Clite
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Daphnide
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Celtine
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Dimoeta
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Anthippe
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Assaone
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Corytho
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Eulimene
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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De Arganthone
Parthenius collects thirty-six tales of doomed love from mythology and legend — each a miniature tragedy of desire, betrayal, and metamorphosis.

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