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Describes how the histories of Cyprus, Greece, and Malta, all busy crossroads of history in the Mediterranean, has shaped and been shaped by these countries.

As the harsh wind holds the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis, frustration and political impotence turn into a desire for the blood of a young and innocent woman, blood that will appease the gods and allow the troops to set sail.

While in Greece making a film about Alexander the Great, Alec Ramsay and the Black Stallion get lost and find an immortal city ruled by the tyrannical, ancient Thracian god-king Diomedes, whose flesh-eating mare, not yet tamed by Hercules, takes an dangerous interest in the Black Stallion.