![post image](https://litsy-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/posts/post_images/2024/11/10/1731259593-6730ecc941b54-user-submitted.jpg)
![Pick](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_pick.png)
My first #10BeforetheEnd book. I did enjoy it, particularly in its frank depiction of ancient Athens society during the Peloponnesian Wars. The main character comes from a noble Athenian family and Renault doesn‘t try to hide the ways Athenian culture differs from our modern sense of morality or ethics. At the heart of this is a love story between two men, which was completely accepted then. It was a slow and dense read, but worth the time.