For the love of a Slave
A novel by Helena P. Schrader
Two women are taken captive and enslaved at the same time:
the beautiful daughter of the Arcadian King, Niobe, and her ugly,
"barbarian" hand-maiden, Mika. While Niobe becomes the concubine of one of
Sparta's princes, Mika is an ordinary slave in the house of an ordinary citizen's
wife. The novel explores the impact and effect of
beauty on women's lives in an ancient context.
For more information about Sparta, see Sparta Reconsidered.