All over Athens the cocks were crow

All over Athens the cocks were crowing, the sky was turning from dark-blue to oyster-grey, and the city was waking to one of its great events, the annual festival in the vast open-air theatre. Alexis, son of Leon, was full of anticipation as he dreamed of having his own plays performed there one day. But he was to be involved in more than playwriting before the day was over, for among the spectators at the horse race, by the light of the flaming torches, he heard Hippias, the arrogant dandy, and a stranger with a beaked nose and over-high cheekbones, plotting to overthrow the democracy of Athens. For the rest of the year, two things possessed Alexis: his comedy The Gadfly, and the plans he laid with his friend Corinna to trap the conspirators and save his beloved city. His exultation and anxiety grew together as the fateful Theatre Festival arrived once more. Geoffrey Trease has combined a fast-moving dramatic story with a vivid and accurate picture of a great historical period.

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Regoor Athene die hane is kraai, was die lug draai van donker-blou oester-grys, en die stad is wakker aan een van sy groot gebeurtenisse, die jaarlikse fees in die oorgrote opelug-teater. Alexis, die seun van Leon, was vol afwagting as hy daarvan gedroom om sy eie speel eendag uitgevoer daar. Maar hy was betrokke te wees in meer as toneelskryf voor die dag verby was, want onder die toeskouers by die perdewedren, deur die lig van die fakkels, hoor hy Hippias, die arrogante dandy, en 'n vreemdeling met 'n bek neus en oor. -hoë wangbene, plot die demokrasie van Athene omver te werp. Vir die res van die jaar, twee dinge besit Alexis: sy komedie The steekvlieg en die planne wat hy gelê het met sy vriend Corinna te trap die samesweerders en sy geliefde stad te red. Sy vreugde en angs saam gegroei as die noodlottige Theatre Festival weer aangekom. Geoffrey Trease het gekombineer om 'n vinnig-bewegende dramatiese storie met 'n aanskoulike en akkurate prentjie van 'n groot historiese tydperk.