(urth) Soldier of Sidon

[Henry Eissler]

Transentient wrote:
>> On this last point, Wolfe has devised a wonderful strategem to  
>> surmount the
>> problem of how you have a basically good and morally upright hero  
>> who still
>> has lots of love affairs. He forgets, so of course he is not  
>> culpable even
>> though he serially unfaithful to his wife back in Italy!
>>
>>     
>
> I find it interesting how Latro seemed quite a bit less piteous in  
> Sidon due to the fact that he was monogamous (well, polygamous, but  
> in the actually matrimonial sense and not just sleeping around like a  
> rake). At least during the part of the book that followed the river,  
> when things were going comparatively smoothly for him.
>   
I also noticed that Latro seemed much happier through most of this 
journey, but it struck me more as a reflection on how much he had 
disliked the "strategem loving" Hellenes, but admired the people of Kemet.