Salammbo

1862

Flaubert's 1862 novel of Carthage after the First Punic War: the revolt of the unpaid mercenaries, Hamilcar's daughter Salammbo, the stolen veil of the goddess, and the war of extermination that follows. Ancient history rendered with Flaubert's exactness.

Chapter I The Feast
Chapter II At Sicca
Chapter III Salammbô
Chapter IV Beneath the Walls of Carthage
Chapter V Tanith
Chapter VI Hanno
Chapter VII Hamilcar Barca
Chapter VIII The Battle of the Macaras
Chapter IX In the Field
Chapter X The Serpent
Chapter XI In the Tent
Chapter XII The Aqueduct
Chapter XIII Moloch
Chapter XIV The Pass of the Hatchet
Chapter XV Matho