The jealous gods
Subtitle: a processional novel of the fifth century, B.C. (concerning one Alcibiades)
By: Gertrude Atherton
Publisher: H. Liveright
Published: 1928
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Alcibiades -- Fiction.; Statesmen -- Fiction.; Generals -- Fiction.; Athens (Greece) -- Fiction.
Description: The story of a wild, irresponsible Alcibiades, the successor to Pericles, who is tamed by a daughter of the Pharoahs in the classical age of the 5th century, B. C. 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.
Notes: At head of title: Gertrude Atherton.