To return to his hereditary throne on Ithaca, Telemachus, son of Odysseus and Penelope, musters the cleverness of his father and the wisdom of his mother as he navigates the treacherous waters of the War of the Families. More devastating than the Trojan War, this conflict pits the two greatest clans in ancient Greece: the Pelopides and Heraclides. It is the last gasp of a failing civilization. With remarkable parallels to today, Telemachus fights to maintain his beliefs and preserve his family. "This is a startlingly epic tale, ripe with originality and rendered with a highly adept ear for language. Beautifully written and exhaustively researched, the narrative builds on the history and age from which the material was born."
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Why do we read the ancient Greeks? When you read the Greeks, you will come to appreciate what the Greeks thought and felt, so exquisitely wrought, and realize how much akin they are to our own modern sentiments and emotions. The Greeks, like Tiresias, foresuffered all, and they were there some three thousand years before us. Their religion served as the foundation for our religions. Their philosophy and learning led the way for our own educational institutions. Their art and creative curiosity opened the doors to our own creative energy, as evidenced over the millennia by the innumerable literary and artistic references to the Greeks. Politicians and officials today owe their systems of public policy to the Greeks. In no small measure, today we owe our concept of governing, our celebrations, our epistemology, our ability to perceive, our religious thoughts, and, yes, our warfare to the Greeks. Today, you will find more relevance in eading the Greeks than you will find in your morning paper.
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The Telemachia is Michael Barnes Selvin's debut novel. As a vice president in financing services, he published numerous technical works and articles on business and finance. Departing the corporate world, he returned to his abiding passion: historical fiction. He and his wife live in Berkeley and Sea Ranch, California, and on the Mediterranean in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France, where Homer still resonates. Just as Telemachus and his wife, Polycasté, they feel fortunate to have raised two fine sons.
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