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Overview
Almost perfect dust cover on this very good copy
Description
A Novel of Ancient Greece and the Pelopennesian War.Ariston, a young heroic
Spartan, is cursed and blessed by the Hellenic ideal of male beauty. The time of
the Peloponnesian War is a period of dynamic energy, of burgeoning culture and
festering decadence. Greeks witness Sparta's excessive cruelty and Athen's male
sexuality. This is ancient Greece. On battlefield and slave market, temple and
brothel, are found Socrates’ discourses and Alcibiades’ revels. The brutalizing
code of Sparta competes with the brilliant sophistication of Athens. Caught
between these contradictions, Ariston is enslaved and brought to Athens where
these competing philosophies force the Spartan youth must choose between his
home and his passions.
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