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Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece Audiobook by Yvonne Korshak
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ID: 706205
Title: Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
Author: Yvonne Korshak
Narrator: Alan Adelberg
Format: Unabridged
Length: 20:36:22
Language: English
Release date: 08-15-23
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction
Summary:
Two lovers crest the wave of the golden age of Athens: Pericles, statesman and general, and Aspasia, his courtesan, a philosopher's 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 Age,seen 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 Agora-Athens' marketplace to the Acropolis, from the raunchy Athenian Port Piraeus mercantile across the Aegean Sea to East Greece. Pericles and Aspasiatogether and apartnavigate treacherous paths from venal calculations to impassioned philosophical inquiry, from high-stakes 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.
Contact: [email protected]
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By hotaudiobook.comListen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free
ID: 706205
Title: Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
Author: Yvonne Korshak
Narrator: Alan Adelberg
Format: Unabridged
Length: 20:36:22
Language: English
Release date: 08-15-23
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction
Summary:
Two lovers crest the wave of the golden age of Athens: Pericles, statesman and general, and Aspasia, his courtesan, a philosopher's 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 Age,seen 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 Agora-Athens' marketplace to the Acropolis, from the raunchy Athenian Port Piraeus mercantile across the Aegean Sea to East Greece. Pericles and Aspasiatogether and apartnavigate treacherous paths from venal calculations to impassioned philosophical inquiry, from high-stakes 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.
Contact: [email protected]