Salammbô
Salambo (French Salammbô ) is a novel by Gustave Flaubert, and the name of the fictional main character.
The first published end of 1862 novel combines historical events with fictional characters. He describes the mercenary revolt which broke out to about 238 BC in North Africa after the defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War 241. The title character is the daughter of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, who saves her city in the mercenary war.
Flaubert's novel whose exotic - dramatic portrayals contemporary audiences very impressed, has been dramatized several times, including in an unfinished opera by Mussorgsky.
Expenditure
The first German translation appeared in 1904.
- Gustave Flaubert: Salambo, Insel-Verlag, Leipzig, 1916, translation by Arthur Schurig
- Gustave Flaubert: Salammbô, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-458-32042-3, translated by Georg Brustgi
- Gustave Flaubert: Salambo, Haffmans Verlag, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-251-20295-2, translated by Petra Susanne Räbel
Adaptations
The fabric of the novel and the character of Salambo have been adapted in various ways:
Opera
Film
Fine Arts
- Paul Eugene Breton (1868-1933), Salammbô 1899, Bronze ( 0.9 m)
- Théodore Rivière (1857-1912): Salambo at Matho, I love you! I love you!, 1895, Small bronze group, ivory, gold and turquoise, Musée d' Orsay, Paris (Figure)
- Alfons Mucha: Salammbô, 1896
- Book illustrations by Pierre Noel, 1931