Tales of Ancient Skies is a historical novel that reveals the daily lives of the ancient Greeks by presenting factual information in the framework of a fictional storyline set in the fifth century B.C. But few know of the lives of the common people who worked and played, hoped and feared, lived and loved in classical Greece much as we do today. Most of us know the names of Achilles, Helen, Homer, Sappho, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and other renowned individuals of that vibrant civilization. Even our daily vocabulary (with words like museum from the Greek word muse) reveals our indebtedness to the world they created three thousand years ago. Their mythology continues to infuse our popular culture and the material items they left behind form the core of our museums. Hellenes formed the foundations of our science, philosophy, ethics, spirituality, literature, art, architecture, music, and athletics. Hellenic contributions are apparent in our social and economic systems, and in our political experimentations ranging from democracy to dictatorship. The world is well aware of the astounding impact of ancient Greek culture on western civilization, and the dissemination of that heritage around the globe.
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