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The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault [Renault, Mary] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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**“Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. She shows us their strangeness; discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us.”—Hilary Mantel**Alexias is a young aristocrat living during the end of Athens’s Golden Age. Prized for his beauty and athletic prowess, Alexias studies under Sokrates with his closest friend, Lysis. Together, the young men come of age in an Athens on the verge of great upheaval. They attend the Olympics, partake in symposia, fight on the battlefields of the Peloponnesian War, and fall in love.The first of Mary Renault’s celebrated historical novels of ancient Greece, The Last of the Wine follows Alexias and Lysis into adulthood, when Athens is defeated by Sparta, the Thirty Tyrants take hold of the city, and the lives of both men are changed forever. Through their friendship, Renault opens a vista onto ancient Greek life, uncovering its vibrancy, culture, and political strife, and offers an unforgettable story of love, honor,

Who reads The Last of the Wine?

Author

Mary Renault [Renault, Mary]

Publisher

Open Road Media

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780099463559

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

4.08 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14