Talk:Heliodorus of Emesa

Two Articles in One?

I don't want to immediately edit this page (though if no interest/argument is made against my doing so, I shall), but surely the entry for the Aethiopica should be entirely separate from this entry on Heliodorus himself (much as with Xenophon of Ephesus and his Ephesian Tale)? -> Wiper 17:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Unclear

"Most scholars reject this identification." Which identification? A bit unclear, I think. That he is the author?--Mycomp (talk) 05:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Greek writer?

At the end of Aethiopica, Heliodorus refers to himself as "Heliodorus, a Phoenician of Emesus, son of Theodosius, and descended from the Sun". So should he really be identified here as a "Greek writer", or is there a more accurate phrase that could reflect the fact that he wrote in Greek, but his ethnic identity was Phoenician? 24.21.113.165 (talk) 19:46, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Good point. He was what some people would term a "Hellenized oriental", but if he didn't call himself Greek, then we shouldn't... AnonMoos (talk) 10:59, 14 February 2015 (UTC)