SÓNNICA
BY
VICENTE BLASCO IBÁÑEZ
Translated from the Spanish by
FRANCES DOUGLAS
NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1919
COPYRIGHT 1912
By DUFFIELD & COMPANY
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | At Aphrodite's Temple | 3 |
| II. | Saguntum | 45 |
| III. | Dancing Girls from Gades | 95 |
| IV. | Greek and Celtiberian | 143 |
| V. | Invasion | 174 |
| VI. | Asbyte and Hannibal | 200 |
| VII. | The Walls of Saguntum | 234 |
| VIII. | The Rome of Fabius the Delayer | 258 |
| IX. | The Hungry City | 285 |
| X. | The Last Night | 311 |
SÓNNICA
CHAPTER I
AT APHRODITE'S TEMPLE.
When the ship of Polyanthus, the Saguntine pilot, arrived off the portof his native land, the mariners and fishermen, their vision sharpenedby ever watching the distant horizon, had already recognized hissaffron-dyed sail and the image of Victory, which, with extended wings,and holding a crown in her right hand, stretched along the prow until itdipped its feet in the waves.
"It is Polyanthus' ship! It is the Victoriata returning from Gades andNew Carthage!"
To obtain a better view they rus