Project Gutenberg 2012-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 90 Potter, Margaret Horton 1881 1911 Williams, Robert Dolly Black, Margaret Horton Istar of Babylon: A Phantasy Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Clarke, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Istar of Babylon: A Phantasy" by Margaret Horton Potter is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Charmides, a young Greek rhapsode from Selinous in Sicily, who becomes captivated by the idea of worshiping the goddess Istar of Babylon after hearing tales about her. Motivated by an overwhelming desire for artistic inspiration and a sense of purpose, Charmides vows to journey to Babylon to seek the goddess whom he perceives as the embodiment of all beauty and creativity. The opening of the novel introduces us to the serene life of Charmides, who is a shepherd by day and a poet by night. It vividly describes his idyllic surroundings on the Sicilian coast and the deep emotional connections he has with music and nature. A significant event occurs when Charmides witnesses a storm threatening a Phoenician galley and, along with his brother Phalaris, rushes to aid the crew. This harrowing experience leads to a pivotal moment where Charmides learns about Istar, igniting an insatiable yearning within him. The stage is set for his ensuing quest, where he must confront his artistic aspirations and personal desires against the backdrop of ancient mythology and the cultural richness of Babylon. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 990838 990813 2024-10-16T10:29:20.027677 2023-09-17T05:07:13.212099 text/html text/html 1007847 2021-01-08T12:36:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 372663 2021-01-08T12:36:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 470515 2024-10-16T10:29:35.141143 application/epub+zip 481045 2024-10-16T10:29:24.656681 application/epub+zip 473419 2024-10-16T10:29:22.721869 application/epub+zip 829245 2024-10-16T10:29:42.937087 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759400 2024-10-16T10:29:33.469144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 705805 2022-09-17T16:07:16.738016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 924115 2024-10-16T10:29:18.171723 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 923940 2021-01-08T12:36:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 353624 2021-01-08T12:36:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 922993 2021-01-08T12:36:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 353198 2021-01-08T12:36:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 923001 2021-01-08T12:36:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 352878 2021-01-08T12:36:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22976 2024-10-16T10:29:43.079068 application/rdf+xml 16073 2024-10-16T10:29:23.320858 image/jpeg 3774 2024-10-16T10:29:23.027666 image/jpeg 445255 2024-10-16T10:29:20.112674 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia