Artamène

{{Short description|French novel}}

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| name = Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus

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| image = ScuderyArtamene.jpg

| image_size = 180px

| caption = Title page, part 3

| author = Madeleine de Scudéry and/or Georges de Scudéry

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| country = France

| language = French

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| genre = Roman-fleuve

| pub_date = 1649–53

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| pages = 13,095

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Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus (English: {{lang|en|Artamène, or Cyrus the Great}}) is a novel sequence, originally published in ten volumes in the 17th century. The title pages credit the work to French writer Georges de Scudéry, but it is usually attributed to his sister and fellow writer Madeleine. At 1,954,300 words,Word count of the [https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/philologic4/cyrus/navigate/1/table-of-contents/ online edition] using wc -w it is considered one of the longest novels ever published.

"Scudery’s major classical references and source-material comes from Herodotus’ Histories and Xenophon's Cyropaedia. Other sources include Plutarch, Justin, Polyaenus, Pliny, Ovid, Strabon, and the Bible."[http://arabellasromances.weebly.com/artamenes.html Arabella’a Romances] However, it is a roman à clef about contemporary personages.{{cite web|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/madeleine-scudery/|website=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|title=Madeleine de Scudéry|author=John Conley|date=2016|access-date=29 February 2016}}