Owls to AthensOwls to Athens
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Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, 1st ed, No Longer Available.Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, 1st ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsCousins Menedemos and Sostratos are preparing for a trading expedition to Athens. While philosophy-minded Sostratos is thrilled to return to Athens, Menedemos is both reluctant to leave his father's wife Baukis, with whom he has fallen in love, and relieved to be removed from temptation. They stock up on luxury goods and rush to Athens so Sostratos can make it there in time for Greater Dionysia, a parade and dramatic festival in honor of Dionysus.
In Athens, the cousins watch political history being made as Athens trades their sovereign ruler for an invader who announces plans to institute a newfangled "democracy." Meanwhile, Sostratos visits the Lykeion, the site of his unfinished education, but his fears of being mocked turn into triumph when he gets a good price for his wares. Menedemos, in typical fashion, starts an affair with a married woman, this time having the audicity to get their host's wife pregnant. In love as in trade, Menedemos's and Sostratos's quick wits have usually been enough to get them out of their self-created messes, but this may be pushing it...
Like a Patrick O'Brian novel set in the third century B.C., Owls to Athens is an entertaining tapestry of cameraderie and adventure amidst the world of classical antiquity in all its living, breathing, earthy reality.
When their ship journeys to Athens, the philosopher Sostratos is thrilled to attend a local festival and to visit the site of his unfinished education, while Menedemos, who embarks upon an affair with their host's wife, gets them into a quandary more challenging than they have ever encountered. 10,000 first printing.
When their ship journeys to Athens, the philosopher Sostratos attends a local festival and visits the site of his unfinished education, while Menedemos, who embarks upon an affair with their host's wife, gets them into a quandary.
Return to the ancient world with Menedemos and Sostratos, the squabbling traders of the Aegean main.
Return to the ancient world with Menedemos and Sostratos, the squabbling traders of the Aegean main.
In Athens, the cousins watch political history being made as Athens trades their sovereign ruler for an invader who announces plans to institute a newfangled "democracy." Meanwhile, Sostratos visits the Lykeion, the site of his unfinished education, but his fears of being mocked turn into triumph when he gets a good price for his wares. Menedemos, in typical fashion, starts an affair with a married woman, this time having the audicity to get their host's wife pregnant. In love as in trade, Menedemos's and Sostratos's quick wits have usually been enough to get them out of their self-created messes, but this may be pushing it...
Like a Patrick O'Brian novel set in the third century B.C., Owls to Athens is an entertaining tapestry of cameraderie and adventure amidst the world of classical antiquity in all its living, breathing, earthy reality.
When their ship journeys to Athens, the philosopher Sostratos is thrilled to attend a local festival and to visit the site of his unfinished education, while Menedemos, who embarks upon an affair with their host's wife, gets them into a quandary more challenging than they have ever encountered. 10,000 first printing.
When their ship journeys to Athens, the philosopher Sostratos attends a local festival and visits the site of his unfinished education, while Menedemos, who embarks upon an affair with their host's wife, gets them into a quandary.
Return to the ancient world with Menedemos and Sostratos, the squabbling traders of the Aegean main.
Return to the ancient world with Menedemos and Sostratos, the squabbling traders of the Aegean main.
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