Perictione in Colophon
This, the sequel to the same author's much-acclaimed Xanthippic Dialogues, is a multi-faceted commentary on the post-modern condition, which takes the form of a part-Hellenistic, part-Arabian fairy tale. Archeanassa of Colophon, subject of a poem attributed by Diogenes Laertius to Plato, has returned to her birthplace in search of the lost manuscripts of another ex-lover, the poet Antimachus. There she encounters Perictione, Plato's niece, who lives alone in the ruined and brutalized city amid memories and dreams. Perictione tells the strange story of Merope of Sardis, the Nietzschean philosopher who both made and destroyed her life. Little b…
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- ISBN: 978-1-890318-59-8
- EAN: 9781890318598
- Produktnummer: 9400727
- Verlag: St Augustines Pr Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 266 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B15.9 cm x D2.5 cm 508 g
- Gewicht: 508
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