
Pythias is her fathers daughter right down to her hard intelligent slate-grey eyes. Aristotle has never been able to resist a keen mind in another
- even in his own girl-child who should be content with the kitchen the loom & a life dictated by the rhythms of childbearing. His little Pytho is smart able to best his students in debate & match wits with a roomful of Athenian thinkers. Is she a freak or a harbinger of what women can really be? Hers is a privileged position a woman who moves in a mans world protected by the reputation of her philosopher father. But when the great warrior-king Alexander dies a thousand miles from Athens sentiment turns against anyone associated with him most especially his famous teacher Aristotle. Forced to flee Aristotle & his family head to the garrison town of Chalcis; however ailing & broken in spirit the old philosopher soon dies. Without her father the orphaned sixteen-year-old Pytho quickly discovers that the world is a place of superstition not logic & that a girl can be preyed upon by gods & goddesses as much as by grown men & women. To safely journey to a place in which she can be everything she truly is Aristotles daughter will need every ounce of wit she possesses but she must also learn quickly to nurture her capacity to love.""