Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian wars, a doomed love affair, and a strong woman make up this well-researched novel set in Ancient Greece. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters (48)
1Book I At the Pyhian Festival: Dryas Wins the Prize
923
2Parental Justice
681
3Book II A Childhood in Delphi: Theria, Seven Years Old
744
4Eleutheria Looks out of a Window
908
5The Traditions of the House
1133
6The Guests
641
7What Gifts the Guests Brought
667
8Dryas Takes a Robber
529
9Laurel From Tempè
795
10A Boy Called Sophocles
925
11Why Not Be the Pythia?
896
12Book III Within the Oracle: “The Place of Golden Tripods”
1507
13In Pleistos Woods
471
14The Poor Slave
789
15The Shattered Cup
448
16Gathering the Threads
529
17The Youth under the Window
526
18Gathering more Threads
563
19The Song Re-sung
1089
20Love in the Lane
1219
21A Procession of Sacrifice
442
22In the Pythia House
341
23The Child Priestess
501
24The High, Perilous Seat
733
25Bitter Consequences
601
26“Pray to the Winds”
467
27The Messengers
858
28Outcast on Parnassos
626
29Eëtíon Pursues
573
30Shepherd Wisdom
820
31Nikander’s Nearest of Kin
678
32Terrible News from Thermopylæ
803
33At Eëtíon’s Call
510
34Eëtíon and Nikander
234
35Theria Tells Her Vision
453
36Refuge in the Precinct
469
37Book IV “The God Will Care for His Own”: The Persian Comes
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