Tais of Athens . Historical novel . Edition. 3rd . - M. The Young Guard, 1977 . — 512 s. — Circulation 100,000 copies. Price 2 p. 11 k. Format 84x108/32. The last work of Ivan Efremov illuminates one of the turning points in history - the transition from nationalism of the fifth and fourth centuries BC to a broader view of the world and people. Influenced by the Wars of Alexander the Great , also due to the manifestations of a universal morality in the teachings of Greek humanist philosophers . In the novel, the red thread is the idea of the eternity of the beauty of art and its inspirer woman. The main heroine of the novel - the famous heter Tais of Athens - is as true a historical figure as Alexander the Great. She is a member of his campaigns. It burned one of the capitals of the Persian kingdom - Persepolis . This episode formed the plot of the novel ..