The work describes a banquet held by Alexander the Great and his mistress Thais in the captured Persian city of Persepolis, during which the musician Timotheus sings and plays his lyre, evoking... Read more

The work describes a banquet held by Alexander the Great and his mistress Thais in the captured Persian city of Persepolis, during which the musician Timotheus sings and plays his lyre, evoking various moods in Alexander until he is finally driven to burn the city in revenge for his dead Greek soldiers.
The main character here is the musician Timofey. With his lyre playing and singing, he manipulates the king`s emotions: he makes him rejoice, grieve, pity the fallen, and even rush into battle.
Main idea: To show what enormous power music has over the human soul.

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