Description
At seventeen, she was a pride of Athens. At
twenty-six, she participated in Alexander the Great's Persian campaign.
Before the age of thirty-five, she became the queen of Egypt in
Memphis. A remarkable woman. A remarkable life.
The beautiful hetaera Thais was a real woman who inspired poets, artists
and sculptors in Athens, Memphis, Alexandria, Babylon and Ecbatana. She
traveled with Alexander the Great's army during his Persian campaign
and was the only woman to enter the capitol of Persia - Persepolis.
Love, beauty, philosophy, war, religion - all that and more in a historic masterpiece by Ivan Yefremov.
