“But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,” but anyone could see it looked like her.” LoveFictionHistoryAdventureEvolutionLove StoryGolden AgeTreacherousImmersive Book:Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece Source: Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
“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