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
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Episodes
Book I At the Pyhian Festival: Dryas Wins the Prize
Episode 1 · 15:23
Parental Justice
Episode 2 · 11:21
Book II A Childhood in Delphi: Theria, Seven Years Old
Episode 3 · 12:24
Eleutheria Looks out of a Window
Episode 4 · 15:08
The Traditions of the House
Episode 5 · 18:53
The Guests
Episode 6 · 10:41
What Gifts the Guests Brought
Episode 7 · 11:07
Dryas Takes a Robber
Episode 8 · 8:49
Laurel From Tempè
Episode 9 · 13:15
A Boy Called Sophocles
Episode 10 · 15:25
Why Not Be the Pythia?
Episode 11 · 14:56
Book III Within the Oracle: “The Place of Golden Tripods”
Episode 12 · 25:07
In Pleistos Woods
Episode 13 · 7:51
The Poor Slave
Episode 14 · 13:09
The Shattered Cup
Episode 15 · 7:28
Gathering the Threads
Episode 16 · 8:49
The Youth under the Window
Episode 17 · 8:46
Gathering more Threads
Episode 18 · 9:23
The Song Re-sung
Episode 19 · 18:09
Love in the Lane
Episode 20 · 20:19
A Procession of Sacrifice
Episode 21 · 7:22
In the Pythia House
Episode 22 · 5:41
The Child Priestess
Episode 23 · 8:21
The High, Perilous Seat
Episode 24 · 12:13
Bitter Consequences
Episode 25 · 10:01
“Pray to the Winds”
Episode 26 · 7:47
The Messengers
Episode 27 · 14:18
Outcast on Parnassos
Episode 28 · 10:26
Eëtíon Pursues
Episode 29 · 9:33
Shepherd Wisdom
Episode 30 · 13:40
Nikander’s Nearest of Kin
Episode 31 · 11:18
Terrible News from Thermopylæ
Episode 32 · 13:23
At Eëtíon’s Call
Episode 33 · 8:30
Eëtíon and Nikander
Episode 34 · 3:54
Theria Tells Her Vision
Episode 35 · 7:33
Refuge in the Precinct
Episode 36 · 7:49
Book IV “The God Will Care for His Own”: The Persian Comes