About the book: 2020 / The event takes place in Rome during the era of antiquity. The main character, Ariston, the son of the rich merchant Aristides, must take the beautiful Helen as his wife. But Ariston is not going to accept his fate and escapes to the ship to go to Athens, where the Olympic Games are to take place, in which he wants to take part. But due to the betrayal of his beloved teacher, the young man finds himself the subject of a purchase and sale transaction and falls into slavery. The story of a beautiful young man who in one day lost everything - friend, money, family, home and lover and turned from a noble citizen of Cythera into a Roman courtesan.