Beroe: Nymph of the Ancient City

Where myth marries a city. Meet Beroë—the forgotten nymph of ancient Berytus (today's Beirut), daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis—and see how a fifth‑century epic, a working harbor, and Roman law reshaped one another. This book follows Beroë from Nonnus's Dionysiaca—where Dionysus and Poseidon fight for her hand—into the streets, coins, inscriptions, and harbor stones of the real city. It shows how ...