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The Athenian Women

The Athenian Women

Barbero, Alessandro
Shugaar, Anthony

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ISBN10: 1609454197
ISBN13: 9781609454197
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: Jan 2 2018
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.10
Language: English

A raw and compelling portrait of 411 BC Greece in which women must fight for justice and democracy by the Strega Prize-winning Italian novelist (La Stampa).

Athens, 411 BC. As the Peloponnesian War draws to a close, a political coup begins to take shape in Athens. Veterans of the infamous battle of Mantinea, Thrasyllus, and Polemon now live as humble farmers in the countryside. They are determined to find influential husbands for their daughters, Glycera and Charis, but first they must defend Athens from the oligarchs plotting to reinstate tyrannical rule. Young and impatient, Glycera and Charis soon become infatuated with their neighbor's rich and arrogant son, Cimon. When their fathers travel to Athens to see Aristophanes's latest comedy, the girls use the chance to accept an invitation to Cimon's house . . . with no notion of what awaits them on their visit.

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