Ancient Greek Historical Fiction Novels & Stories

William said, sitting back and enjoying the drive to Athens. "Maybe we’ll start with Athens’ city landmarks first—I’ll take you to the Acropolis, Parthenon, Erechtheion. After that, we can go to the museum, Kalamaki Beach, and the national park," their driver-cum-tour guide suggested. "Great idea, Sir. We’ll go with your trip advice!" William said, then enjoyed the view with Emmy through the car window. Ancient Greek architecture adorned the Minoan civilization’s building style, which emerged in 1900 BCE. Tall, sturdy white stone columns towered among the main building ruins. For the architect couple, everything was interesting to discuss as they waited for the car to reach their destination

Through her gift, scholars discovered new sciences and mages learned spells that danced like fireflies on a midsummer night. Lastly, and most tragically, there was Lyssa, the Ancient of Forethought. She alone pierced the veil of time, witnessing the ecstasy and agony that her sister Ancients would birth into existence. Humanity found no fiercer champion; she burned with love for the Fae, her favored creation. Fire leapt to her command, scorching those who defied her principles of brutal justice and glorious redemption. Yet her gift of prophecy was her curse, a blade that cut everyone but herself. Blind to her own destiny, she never saw the horror that would ravage her mind and body, leaving

Morpheus stood and shook his hand, showing manners which my generation seemed to have forgotten. “Indeed, sir. I have always found Athens in particular to be a very interesting city.” My father was as taken aback by Morpheus’ fluent Greek as my mother was, and his keen mind for the ancient Greek civilisations seemed to spark something in my father and launched him into a lengthy debate with Morpheus all through dinner, continuing in my father’s study afterward. Morpheus, of course, had the upper hand as he had actually been around when the ancient Greeks built Athens and the rest of the famous Greek cities. He knew intricate details and had insight into things which my father could only drea

When I asked how old he is, all I got in response was a far away feeling of nostalgia and more memories of battles fought on horseback, with weapons that looked they belong in display cases. At dinner I mused over everything Ajax showed me. The pieces of the puzzle all slowly started falling into place. The origin of our kind is widely disputed, but Alpha Theo was firm in his belief that ancient Greek mythology was the key to understanding our history. He poured over text books, much as Zaine does today, convinced that the answer to the biggest questions were hidden within the pages.