Two lovers crest the wave of the golden age of Athens Pericles, statesman and general, and Aspasia, his courtesan, a philosophers daughter and a brilliant woman in her own right. In a world of hierarchies, he is at the top when she arrives as little more than flotsam cast up on Athenian shores. Their love transcends social sanctions, enduring and deepening despite the grave threat it presents to Pericles reputation as a leader of the Athenian democracy.The novel unfolds against the background of the arts and history of the Golden Ageseen through the eyes of two individuals who lent their particular brilliance to make it "golden," Pericles, the great orator and visionary of democracy and its most influential woman, Aspasia. Their story takes them from the AgoraAthens marketplaceto the Acropolis, from the mercantile, raunchy Athenian Port Piraeus across the Aegean Sea to East Greece. Pericles and Aspasiatogether and apartnavigate treacherous paths from venal calculations to impassioned philosophical inquiry, from highstakes sea battles to the passions of family life.Pericles and Aspasia engages issues that are vital todaythe paradoxes of democracy,the tensions of hierarchy, the ironies of gender, and othersbut this novel is immersed in classical Athens the city, its sunshine, its physical presence, its people and their struggles and aspirations.

Binding: Hardcover;500 pages; Publisher: Caryatid Imprint; Classification: N/A; Weight: 939.19 g; Dimensions: N/A

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