The Jealous Gods. A Processional Novel of the Fifth Century, B. C. (Concerning One Alcibiades).
by Atherton, Gertrude
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928 First edition. 452pp. Black cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with near fine pictorial dust jacket printed in lavender, orange and black (slight chipping to spine ends of jacket). A novel of the classical age of 5th century, B.C. The story of Alcibiades, the successor to Pericles. "Alcibiades leaps upon the stage as the maddest spirit of Athens, given to wild parties with Hetaerae, rioting in the streets at night, playing the most outrageous pranks conceivable on the elder and more dignified members of society" (jacket). This was the author's sequel to her The Immortal Marriage. Uncommon with the dust jacket..
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- Argonaut Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Jealous Gods. A Processional Novel of the Fifth Century, B. C. (Concerning One Alcibiades).
- Author
- Atherton, Gertrude
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Literature, Fiction, Mythology, Alcibiades, Athens, Hetaerae
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