Penelope’s Secret (French Science Fiction Book 213) by Nicolas Ségur, Brian Stableford (Adapted by, Translator)
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Overview: For I began to wonder how, in your long and pure widowhood, retired to your cold bed, you succeeded in learning so many amorous artifices
Penelope’s Secret (1922) picks up where Homer’s Odyssey ends, after the slaying of Penelope’s suitors and the discovery that her stubborn virtue was somewhat exaggerated, which causes Ulysses to seek advice from Minerva, Menelaus and his old tutor, the centaur Chiron.
Plato in Search of Amour (1926) described the manner in which Plato, emerging from adolescence, feels the pangs of young love and seeks the guidance of Socrates who hands him over to the great courtesan Aspasia
Naïs at the Mirror (1920) features the notorious courtesan whose self-examination includes accounts of her dealings with her lovers, her observations of Athenian mores and the conduct of contemporary philosophers, such as Epicurus.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Contents:
- Le Secret de Penelope [Fasquelle, 1922]
Platon cherche l’Amour [Flammarion, 1926]
Naïs au miroir [Fasquelle/Bibliothèque Charpentier, 1920.]
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.
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