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Aristotle and Poetic Justice
Margaret Doody
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Description for Aristotle and Poetic Justice
Paperback. It is 330 BC, the year that Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis and gained a fortune. Someone has snatched Anthia, heiress of a prominent silver merchant. Stephanos and Aristotle pursue her and her abductor on the road to Delphi and its ancient Oracle. But can the Oracle solve the mystery? Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 35. Weight in Grams: 228. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
330BC: it is the year that Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world had ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner when Athens placates the spirits of the dead passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos, son of Nikiarkhos and his teacher, the philosopher Aristotle, are drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia, the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. Someone has snatched her from her home, but what is the motive: rape, a forced marriage or murder? All that is known is that ... Read more
330BC: it is the year that Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world had ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner when Athens placates the spirits of the dead passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos, son of Nikiarkhos and his teacher, the philosopher Aristotle, are drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia, the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. Someone has snatched her from her home, but what is the motive: rape, a forced marriage or murder? All that is known is that ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099435587
SKU
KOC0012490
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Margaret Doody
Margaret Doody is a professor of literature at the University of Notre Dame. She is also the author of The True Story of the Novel.
Reviews for Aristotle and Poetic Justice
Idyllic...violent...nostalgia for lovers of Greece...fun for classicists
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