“Running out the anchor line, the pirates babbled to one another, and in the tangle of their barbaric language, Aspasia listened for one word—Athens. It lit up the darkness in her mind, like the single glint her eyes fixed on above the distant gray-green hills.” LoveFictionNovelDemocracyAdventureEvolutionEducationalLove StoryGreeceAthens Book:Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece Source: Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
“Aspasia had herself fallen into very good fortune. So good that at the age of twenty years, she’d probably used up the whole life’s portion of good luck that Tyche had allotted her. To make good fortune last—for herself and the child in her womb—would be up to her.” LoveFictionNovelDemocracyAdventureEvolutionEducationalGreeceAthens Book:Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece Source: Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
“We had old architects and were working with what we had on hand. You’ve hired this new, young architect now, and, Pericles, I’m going to build you a statue of Athena—all gold and ivory, think of that, Pericles—and taller than our city walls.” Pericles raised his eyes toward the birds.” RomanceDramaConflictEducationalLove StoryInsightfulAncient GreeceGreek GodsIctionSpartans Book:Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece Source: Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece