In the Athens of Pericles, the gentle Philothea, granddaughter of the philosopher Anaxagoras, lives a life of quiet piety while the city around her glitters with ambition and intrigue. Through her friendship with the beautiful Aspasia’s circle and her love for the young Paralus, Child sets Platonic idealism against the politics and pleasures of the golden age.
An 1836 romance of ancient Greece by the American abolitionist and author of Hobomok. Download the free EPUB.