The Last Athenian (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Viktor Rydberg
- First Published: 1859
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical romance
- Time of Work: Fourth century
- Setting: Athens
- Principal Characters: Chrysanteus, Hermione, Peter, Annaeus Domitius, Charmides, Clemens
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Prisoners, Love or romance, Suicide, Christianity, Riots, Clergy, Greek or Roman times, Middle Ages, Greece or Greek people, Paganism
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Greece, ancient
The Story:
Athens in the fourth century, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantius, was divided by three factions. Dominant among the three was one Christian faction headed by Bishop Peter of Athens. Opposing them, though less in number, was the faction which adhered to the heresy of Athanasius. The third faction was the group which still clung to the gods of ancient Greece and the reasonable philosophy of Plato. The last group was headed by Chrysanteus, archon of Athens and its richest citizen. Representing Rome in the city was Annaeus Domitius, the proconsul, who by...
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