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Step into the golden age of Athens with The Years of Eirene, a fiction podcast by debut author L.M. Manovsky. Set in the era of Pericles, between the end of the Greco-Persian Wars and the dawn of the Peloponnesian conflict, this immersive audiobook follows the lives of one Athenian family as they navigate a world of prosperity and the threat of envy. Blending historical depth with vivid storytelling, Manovsky brings ancient Greece to life—where personal and political destinies intertwine ben ...
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Κάλλιας remembered this place that portrayed so many stories of the past of this place. θέᾱτρον του Διονύσου. Theater of Dionysius. Even now, when he walked past the θέᾱτρον, he could still see the light of that day. The sun descending slowly. Young men clearing the benches. They had said Περικλῆς was mad to sponsor the play....…
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He had not always liked him. Few did, at first. Κάλλιας remembered the way people spoke of him - Περικλής. The tall one with the long head and quiet voice. The kind that made a man listen twice, because the first time he doubted he heard him. Too serious. Too noble. Too full of ideas. "Με τὸν Ἅιδην! To the Hades!", they would whisper. "He's not lik…
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The dawn broke softly over Hymettus, but there was little joy in it for Κάλλιας. He had risen early, as he always did. The others were still sleeping when he stepped into the yard. The olives were beginning to swell on the tree near the wall. A good year for fruit. But he would not be tending them today. "μὰ τὸν Δία," he muttered...…
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The boy walked beside his father past the statues. They lined the way like ghosts. Σόλων’s eyes were carved in stone. His mouth set in judgment. Beside him, Δράκων, taller, crueler. His chisel lines still sharp after a hundred years. The boy squinted up at them. "He made death the penalty for stealing a cabbage," Νικίας said...…
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The sea had been calm since dawn. Κάλλιας stood at the rail of the ship, his hands pressing the wood, his eyes watching the island drawing near. The prow cut the water like a blade. Seaspray salted his beard. "μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα! By the Apollo!" someone whispered behind him...By L.M. Manovsky
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Chapter 1 - The House of Kallias - Athens, 448 BCE The goats had broken the fence again. Two goats stood in the olive grove, chewing as if it belonged to them. Νικίας shouted and waved a branch. His child voice cracked in the air. The goats were not scared of his size and did not move by the length of one finger - a δάκτυλος. The child, angry at th…
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In ancient Greece, Εἰρήνη (Eirene) was more than a goddess — she was a yearning that assumed personified form. To the people, Εἰρήνη embodied the quiet elegance of peace after storm, the still hearth, the harvest unburned. Statues showed Εἰρήνη cradling the infant Πλοῦτος (Plutos), the god of wealth. A sign that prosperity follows peace, not war. I…
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