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...novel are Agathon's reminiscences about his past before he became a seer. He tells us of his marriage to Tuka, the beautiful daughter of an Athenian nobleman at whose home he was tutored, of his involvement with the gross but practical Solon, of his fascination with the Helot Iona, who later becomes a leader of the rebellion. Interesting enough, but all this smacks of soap opera, and at any rate the young Agathon seems pale in comparison to what he becomes...
...After Iona's husband is executed for treason, having shielded his wife's involvement in the rebellion, Agathon goes to seed. It is then that he starts compulsively laughing at the universe and having visions of the future...
AGATHON becomes the negation not just of Lykourgos but of everything, including himself. He insists that it is winter while they are in prison, though Peeker knows it is summer. He tells Iona, after she has helped him escape (against his will...
...IONA COLLEGE...
...mile relay, Jim Smith whizzed up from fifth place to hand anchor man John Ogden a two-step lead. Ogden held it until the back stretch of the last lap when, apparently jostled by Syracuse's anchor man, he dropped the baton off the raised board track, behind Syracuse, Iona, and Northeastern. He retrieved it in time to finish fourth...