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02334aam a22003258i 4500 001 EDFDCAE0164811E58A83ACD4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150619010045 008 141212s2015 cau 000 1 eng 010 $a 2014044958 020 $a 159376605X 020 $a 9781593766054 (softcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR6063.I34 $b G63 2015 082 00 $a 823/.914 $2 23 084 $a FIC009020 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Millar, Martin. 245 14 $a The goddess of buttercups and daisies : $b a novel / $c Martin Millar. 260 $a Berkeley, CA : $b Soft Skull Press, $c 2015. 263 $a 1505 300 $a 194 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a "Aristophanes is inconsolable-his rival playwrights are hogging all the local attention, a pesky young wannabe poet won't leave him alone, his actors can't remember their lines, and his own festival sponsor seems to be conspiring against him, withholding direly needed funds for set design and, most importantly, giant phallus props. O woe, how can his latest comedy convince Athenian citizens to vote down another ten years of war against Sparta if they're too busy scoffing at the diminutive phalluses? And why does everyone in the city-state seem to be losing their minds? Wallowing in one inconvenience after another, Aristophanes is unaware that the Spartan and Athenian generals have unleashed Laet, the spirit of foolishness and bad decisions, to inspire chaos and war-mongering in Athens. To counteract Laet's influence, Athena sends Bremusa, an Amazon warrior, and Metris, an endearingly airheaded nymph (their first choice was her mother Metricia, but she grew tired of all the fighting and changed back into a river). Dashing between fantastical scenes of moody and meddlesome gods, ever-applicable political debates in the senate, backstage scrambling for the play, and glimpses of life in Ancient Greece, Martin Millar delivers another witty and comical romp for readers of all ages. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 5 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240202021839.0 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20230317010114.0 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210015502.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006084737.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180124072235.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDFDCAE0164811E58A83ACD4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search