The Venus throw
By: Steven Saylor.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Gordianus the Finder (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Rome -- History -- First Triumvirate, 60-53 B.C. -- Fiction
Description: In ancient Rome, Gordianus-the-Finder investigates the murder of Dio, an Egyptian envoy who came to Rome to protest the rule of the Egyptian king. For Gordianus the case is a personal matter, Dio having been his teacher of philosophy back in Alexandria.