The wife of King Leonides of the Spartan 300 is also a character.
Hippocrates makes an appearance as a baby. As a fun point of interest, Nico is the older brother of Socrates, who is a child and a character in the book. I think I learned more that will stick with me from this well-told story than from many textbooks. Nico, a young Athenian with a talent for solving mysteries is called upon to find the killer before the games erupt into warfar. A politically sensitive murder occurs at the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Nicolaos walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician. Selecciona el departamento que quieras buscar. Buy a copy of The Pericles Commission book by Gary Corby. I like the way Corby works in ancient Greek customs and trivia. The Pericles Commission by Gary Corby () : Gary Corby: Amazon.es: Libros. Fluffy, light reading of only a couple of hours. To try to keep down the rivalry between Athens and Sparta, Nico the Athenian and Markos the Spartan are tasked to solve the murder together. Timo, an Athenian pankratist and Nico's good friend, is accused of the murder.
Nicolaos and his fiancée set out to solve the violent death of a Spartan pankratist. In this wonderfully approachable, historically rich novel, Athens is brought vividly to life in a mystery engaging from the first page to last.Review 1: Delightful mystery set in the 460 B.C. The Pericles Commission is the first in an exciting new series by first-time novelist Gary Corby, who takes us to Ancient Greece at one of the most exciting times in history. The Pericles Commissionis the first in an exciting new series by first-time novelist Gary Corby, who takes us to Ancient Greece at one of the most exciting times in history. But murder and mayhem don’t bother Nico what’s really on his mind is how to get closer (much closer) to Diotima, the intelligent and annoyingly virgin priestess of Artemis, and how to shake off his irritating twelve year-old brother Socrates. It’s a job not made any easier by the depressingly increasing number of dead witnesses.
His mission is to find the assassin of the statesman Ephialtes, the man who brought democracy to Athens and whose murder has thrown the city into uproar. Nicolaos walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician Pericles.
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