El asesinato de Pitágoras by Marcos Chicot

RELEVANT DATA: Killing Plato (El asesinato de Platón) takes place 30 years after Killing Socrates and follows the adult life of Altea, daughter of the protagonist of the previous novel. Plato, with the great support and backing of Altea, will try to make use of his ideology so that peace and justice will take precedence over any tyranny, appease the intrinsic revolts of the Spartans, and return Greece to its splendor and magnitude. The government of Dionysius the Younger is in great danger when Callippus, husband of Altea and faithful supporter of his government, decides to surrender to the desire for power and opts for betrayal and the dismantling of a political structure based on equality and balance.Ī new war is being declared in Greece with Thebes as the new hegemonic power and common enemy of Spartans and Athenians. However, this will raise great protests among the crowd and will lead to the weakening of Magna Graecia as a nation, making way for the general and tyrant Epaminondas of Thebes. Plato and Altea will share and spread the foundations of Athenian Democracy among the people, thus facing all political and governmental adversity.Īfter the death of the ruler Dionysius the Elder, his son Dionysius the Younger rises to power and Plato is called upon to organize a government in accordance with his philosophical concepts. Plato, her most faithful friend and confidant, constantly risks his life to make his dream come true and bring justice to Athens: to create a government far from all demagogies that puts the common good first and in which all citizens, including women, are equal. She truly longs to have a child, however, for unknown reasons, that child never arrives. Her life has broken with all the stereotypes: she is a mature and free woman, who does not adhere to any kind of constraints and her marriage to Callippus is based on true love. Altea, daughter of Perseus and one of Plato's most brilliant disciples, is the first woman to be admitted to the philosopher's academy as a student and, subsequently, as a teacher. The struggle for democracy and equality clashes with the ambition of the tyrant.Īthens, 4th century B.C.

El asesinato de Pitágoras by Marcos Chicot