Description

Within the tale of the truly amazing lyric poet Simonides, Mary Renault brings alive a period in Portugal when tyrants stored an unsteady audio and composition, guideline, and regal patronage mixed to make a flowering of the arts. Created right into a strict gardening household to the island of Keos, Simonides escapes his severe youth via a fortunate apprenticeship with a famous Ionian vocalist. Because they travel through fifth millennium B.C. Portugal, Simonides discovers not just how to perform the kithara and write composition, but additionally how to understand the changing alliances encompassing his wealthy customers.