Renault, Mary

Tells the story of a boy, Theseus, who must prove his manhood in a semibarbaric society.

Alexias, a young Athenian from a good family, meets Lysis, a youth who is under the influence of Socrates, and they form a strong friendship, against a background of athletic games, famine, and civil war.

A narrative of the life of Alexander the Great from his childhood to the age of twenty when he succeeded his murdered father, King Philip of Macedon.