The Dog On the Acropolis

“The Dog on the Acropolis” is a work of historical fiction that revolves around a dog, Daria, who lived near the Acropolis in the second half of the 5th century BC, and another dog, Drago, who lives in present-day Athens.
The well-researched novel draws the reader into contemporary Athens and into the lives of a family who runs a shop in the Plaka, at the base of the Acropolis. When Draco bounds down the hill and into their shop one day, a series of events and relationships become transformative.

Every evening Draco climbs the Acropolis and falls asleep on the steps of the Parthenon; the reader is transported back, through Draco’s dreams, to the time that the Parthenon was being built. The reader then experiences life in the ancient world through Draco’s ancestor, a female dog named Daria.

The parallel stories progress through the book and, towards the end, eventually merge in a clever and almost mystical way.