We sailed for two days on the ship Achilles and arrived at Seriphos just as news of the advancement of the Romans reached us.Within a week, Athens, as well as most of Greece, had fallen into Roman hands, thus ending the Golden Age of a once prosperous and enlightened civilization.

The people of Seriphos worshiped Demeter, the goddess of grain, agriculture and harvest.They had just built a new temple in her honor, and so my small entourage and I found shelter in Demeter's old ...