The story opens in the crowded theatre of Athens at a new comedy by Aristophanes, as the long war with Sparta nears its end. Young Callias and his friend Hippocles, an alien, run the blockade, fight at the sea battle of Arginusae, and live through the aftermath, the city’s surrender and the uneasy peace that follows.
Vivid historical fiction from the classicist best known for his retellings of Homer. Download the free EPUB.