Viimeinen Ateenalainen by Viktor Rydberg

"Viimeinen Ateenalainen" by Viktor Rydberg is a novel written in 1859. Set during Christianity's triumph over ancient culture, the story follows Krysantheus, a noble thinker striving to revive the golden age of Hellas. The novel explores conflicts between freedom of belief and forced conscience, presenting both admirable and deplorable figures within pagan and Christian camps. Through ideological debate and vivid settings, Rydberg examines the clash between wisdom-loving ancient Greek ideals and dogmatic religious fanaticism. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Rydberg, Viktor, 1828-1895
Translator Tudeer, O. E. (Oskar Emil), 1850-1930
Uniform Title Den siste Atenaren. Finnish
Title Viimeinen Ateenalainen
Note Wikipedia page about this book: sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_siste_athenaren
Credits Produced by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 32.2 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Fiction
Subject Christian fiction
Subject Swedish fiction -- Translations into Finnish
Category Text
eBook-No. 47821
Release Date
Last Update Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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