Magnificent Victories / Ferdia Lennon, translated by Serkan Toy.

Name: Magnificent Victories / Ferdia Lennon, translated by Serkan Toy.
Author: Lennon, Ferdia.

Title	Magnificent Victories / Ferdia Lennon, translated by Serkan Toy.
Author	Lennon, Ferdia.
Publication Date:	2025
Publication Place	Istanbul - dedalus
Subject	Prisoners of war > Fiction. Poetry, Ancient. Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, B.C. 431-404.
Type	Book
Language	eng,tur
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Library:	National Library of Ireland
Library Asset ID	Z25757
Record ID	vtls000934526
Library Location	Books
Date	2025
Notes	Physical description: 303 pages ; 20 cm.
Sample Text	"It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected, and hanging on by the slimmest of threads. Lampo and Gelon are local potters, young men with no work and barely two obols to rub together. When they take to visiting the nearby quarry, they discover prisoners who will, in desperation, recite lines from the plays of Euripides for scraps of bread and a scattering of olives. And so an idea is born: the men will put on Medea in the quarry. A proper performance to be sung of down the ages. Because after all, you can hate the Athenians for invading your territory, but still love their poetry. But as the audacity of their enterprise dawns on them, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between enemies and friends. As the performance draws near, the men will find their courage tested in ways they could never have imagined ..." -- from original publisher.
ISBN	9786256920750
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Magnificent Victories / Ferdia Lennon, translated by Serkan Toy.

Author Lennon, Ferdia.

Publication Date 2025

Publication Place Istanbul - dedalus

Subject Prisoners of war > Fiction. Poetry, Ancient. Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, B.C. 431-404.

Type Book

Language eng,tur

Digital No

Manuscript No

Library National Library of Ireland

Library Asset ID Z25757

Record ID vtls000934526

Library Location Books

Date 2025

Notes Physical description: 303 pages ; 20 cm.

Sample Text "It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected, and hanging on by the slimmest of threads. Lampo and Gelon are local potters, young men with no work and barely two obols to rub together. When they take to visiting the nearby quarry, they discover prisoners who will, in desperation, recite lines from the plays of Euripides for scraps of bread and a scattering of olives. And so an idea is born: the men will put on Medea in the quarry. A proper performance to be sung of down the ages. Because after all, you can hate the Athenians for invading your territory, but still love their poetry. But as the audacity of their enterprise dawns on them, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between enemies and friends. As the performance draws near, the men will find their courage tested in ways they could never have imagined ..." -- from original publisher.

ISBN 9786256920750

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