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Heliodorus (fl. 3rd century ad), Greek writer, born in Emesa (now Ḩimş), Syria. He wrote the Aethiopica, a Greek romance that influenced later authors, notably the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes, the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, and the French dramatist Jean-Baptiste Racine.

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