Chapter II: Prologue: , 1

I. THE PLAGUE AND THE MERCHANTS, 5

II. DAPHNE, 21

III. NEPENTHE, 34

IV. THE MIGHT OF SKILL, 39

V. THE MIGHT OF CHANCE, 47

VI. A STRANGE WELCOME, 56

VII. THE WONDERS OF THE CITY, 65

VIII. THE DISHONOURED STATUE, 73

IX. THE WOMEN OF ROYAL RACE, 86

X. THE MYSTERY OF THE WOMEN RESOLVED, 100

XI. THOTH FORSWEARS HIS OATH, 116

XII. A WEARY INTERVAL, 127

XIII. TRANSFORMATION, 137

XIV. GREEK AND BARBARIAN, 148

XV. THE DOOM OF THE FIRST THOTH, 153

XVI. THE REVOLT OF NATURE, 161

XVII. GRECIAN GUILE, 167

XVIII. THE ASSEMBLY OF ANCESTORS, 178

XIX. THE VICTORY OF LOVE, 193

XX. THE RETURN TO ATHENS, 199

EPILOGUE, 209

APPENDIX, 211

THOTH.

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