Project Gutenberg 2014-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 267 Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865 1941 Мережковский, Дмитрий Сергеевич Mérejkowsky, Dmitry de Mérejkowski, Dmitri Merejkowsky, Dmitry de Merejkowski, Dmitri Mereschkowski, Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Trench, Herbert 1865 1923 The Death of the Gods (Christ and Antichrist, 1 of 3) Produced by Katie Hernandez, sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Death of the Gods" by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative revolves around the life of Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate in the 4th century A.D., who sought to re-establish the ancient Pagan religion in a newly Christianized empire. The work explores the philosophical and spiritual conflict between Paganism and Christianity, revealing deeply ingrained human desires and struggles for meaning in a rapidly changing world. The opening of the novel introduces a warm spring near Caesarea, once dedicated to ancient deities, now associated with Christian saints. Here, we meet Marcus Scuda, a Roman tribune, who is discontent with his stagnating life and seeks to regain favor with the Prefect Helvidius. Scuda concocts a plan to rescue Julian and Gallus, the imprisoned heirs of the imperial family and potential challengers to the current emperor, Constantius. This sets the stage for a broader exploration of Julian's life, character, and his impending struggles against the tides of faith and history. The rich detail of the setting and interactions establishes the dramatic tone of a story interwoven with historical depth and personal ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46492/46492-h/images/cover.jpg en Biographical fiction Julian, Emperor of Rome, 331-363 -- Fiction Rome -- History -- Julian, 361-363 -- Fiction PG Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 714164 714174 2024-09-19T11:58:23.194470 2023-09-20T08:06:05.300334 text/html text/html 719685 2014-08-03T14:36:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 326695 2014-08-03T14:36:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411486 2024-09-19T11:58:33.915344 application/epub+zip 409553 2024-09-19T11:58:24.513405 application/epub+zip 409554 2024-09-19T11:58:23.854410 application/epub+zip 575260 2024-09-19T11:58:41.038351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 512879 2024-09-19T11:58:33.170394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513273 2022-09-21T07:02:26.261183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 652577 652378 2024-09-19T11:58:21.765448 2023-09-20T08:06:04.084322 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 652070 2014-08-03T14:36:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 261271 2014-08-03T14:36:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 652288 2014-08-03T14:36:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 261143 2014-08-03T14:36:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21819 2024-09-19T11:58:41.183305 application/rdf+xml 11810 2024-09-19T11:58:23.957396 image/jpeg 2409 2024-09-19T11:58:23.905396 image/jpeg 331685 2024-09-19T11:58:23.257404 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