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Description edit
Fantasy, magic and romance deftly woven into a story of gods and monsters, dark secrets and strange omens . . . Veiled against the world, and served only by the blind and short-sighted, a mysterious woman comes to Republican Rome to gain the answer to the riddle: "What can change stone into... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Euryale: a woman cursed by the goddess Athena
- Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus: Praetor of Rome.
- Daedalus: An ex-slave trying to blackmail Hispallus
- Deino: Euryale's servant and friend.
- Scipio Aemilianus: A leading general and politician who commanded at the final siege and destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. Cousin to Hispallus.
- Simaetha: a witch of Hecate
First Sentence edit
A shaft of late winter sunlight stabbed like a golden sword-blade into the interior of the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kara Dalkey (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0441223362
Page Count: 217
Publisher: Ace
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0441223362
Page Count: 217
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( D ) › Dalkey, Kara
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Historical
- Books › Romance › Gothic
- Books › Romance › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature
- Books › Comics & Graphic Novels › Graphic Novels
- Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Medusa on Wikipedia: The three Gorgon sisters - Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale - in classical mythology.
- Graeae on Wikipedia: Deino was one of the Graeae - three sisters who shared one eye in Greek mythology. By stealing their eye while they were passing amongst themselves, the hero Perseus forced them to tell the whereabouts of the three objects needed to kill Medusa (in other versions the whereabouts of Medusa herself), by ransoming their shared eye for the information.
- Scipio Hispanus on Wikipedia: Real-life person whom the character of Hispallus is based on. He was a praetor in 139 BC. As praetor, he expelled the astrologers (Chaldaeans and Jews) from the city of Rome.
- Scipio Aemilianus on Wikipedia: Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (185 – 129 BC), also known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a leading general and politician of the ancient Roman Republic. As consul he commanded at the final siege and destruction of Carthage in 146 BC, and was a leader of the senators opposed to the Gracchi in 133 BC.
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