Thales of Miletus
The great ancient sage, in vigorous middle-age.
Character Age
40-60
Character Gender Identity
Male
Moon Over Miletus
by David Guaspari
Legend credits Thales of Miletus, an ancient sage, with prodigies of invention. He is an engineer, the prototype absentminded professor, and the first to offer systematic rational explanations for natural
phenomena. His position is undermined when Thalia, a new seer, comes to town, and his indispensable servant Elia threatens to run off with Xeppo, a disillusioned disciple. Xeppo will prove to be a son Thales...
Legend credits Thales of Miletus, an ancient sage, with prodigies of invention. He is an engineer, the prototype absentminded professor, and the first to offer systematic rational explanations for natural
phenomena. His position is undermined when Thalia, a new seer, comes to town, and his indispensable servant Elia threatens to run off with Xeppo, a disillusioned disciple. Xeppo will prove to be a son Thales never knew he had, and Thalia to be Thales' long-ago ex-wife. Are love and sex mere forms of the madness that Thales' philosophizing attempts to supersede? Do they conquer all? And can anyone dispense with the gods altogether?
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