Arachne

Georg Moritz Ebers (1837-1898) was a German writer, historian, and a leading expert on ancient Egypt. His novels are distinguished by a rare combination of scholarly precision and artistic expressiveness: meticulously researched sources are transformed into living images of distant eras.The novel "Arachne" (also known as "Arachnea") is set in Alexandria, a crossroads of cultures where Hellenic tra...