Poison In Athens

Margaret Doody

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Arrow
01 April 2005

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

Murder and mystery in ancient Athens

It is the autumn of 330 BC, and three law cases are exciting Athens. Ergokles' case against the wealthy Orthoboulos for malicious wounding seems to come out well for the dignified man, but shortly afterwards he is found dead of poison, evidently hemlock. His second wife is accused of the crime, and her trial for poisoning sets Athens at odds, as sympathies divide. Her stepson is her greatest enemy, and seems sure that she has done the deed, but there are other candidates. Meanwhile, the most beautiful woman in Athens, Phryne, is accused of impiety, a charge that can carry the death penalty. Stephanos, in treating himself to brother visits as she tries to recover not only from his wound but from having killed a man, gets close to danger, and his position as a witness could damage his prospects of marriage. Misogyny, political wrath, and lack of judgment bring affairs to a boiling point, stimulating Aristotle to intervene lest the trial of the stepmother break Athens into fragments. He endeavours to solve the mystery with the help of Stephanos, and also with his assistant Theophrastos, who has made a special study of plant and thus of poisons-

By: Margaret Doody
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 262g
ISBN: 9780099468332
ISBN 10: 0099468336
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 April 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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History-mystery buffs will have fun with this Ink An enjoyably intricate plot TLS A gloriously atmospheric crime tale alive with the breath of history from the classical past Northern Echo

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