In the late fourth century Prometheus is finally loosed from his rock on the Caucasus, only to find the Olympians fading before a new faith. The stories that follow range from ancient China and Arabia to medieval Rome, featuring a pope who bargains with a devil, a ratcatcher named Alexander, the sorcerer Virgil and Madam Lucifer herself, each turned to dry, learned irony.
Urbane fables by a keeper of printed books at the British Museum, for readers who like Anatole France and Voltaire’s tales. Download the free EPUB.