Project Gutenberg 2014-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 514 Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865 1941 Мережковский, Дмитрий Сергеевич Mérejkowsky, Dmitry de Mérejkowski, Dmitri Merejkowsky, Dmitry de Merejkowski, Dmitri Mereschkowski, Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Trench, Herbert 1865 1923 The Death of the Gods (Christ and Antichrist, 1 of 3) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Gods Produced by Katie Hernandez, sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Death of the Gods" by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative revolves around the life of Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate in the 4th century A.D., who sought to re-establish the ancient Pagan religion in a newly Christianized empire. The work explores the philosophical and spiritual conflict between Paganism and Christianity, revealing deeply ingrained human desires and struggles for meaning in a rapidly changing world. The opening of the novel introduces a warm spring near Caesarea, once dedicated to ancient deities, now associated with Christian saints. Here, we meet Marcus Scuda, a Roman tribune, who is discontent with his stagnating life and seeks to regain favor with the Prefect Helvidius. Scuda concocts a plan to rescue Julian and Gallus, the imprisoned heirs of the imperial family and potential challengers to the current emperor, Constantius. This sets the stage for a broader exploration of Julian's life, character, and his impending struggles against the tides of faith and history. The rich detail of the setting and interactions establishes the dramatic tone of a story interwoven with historical depth and personal ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46492/46492-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 73.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Biographical fiction Julian, Emperor of Rome, 331-363 -- Fiction Rome -- History -- Julian, 361-363 -- Fiction PG Text Category: Historical Novels 714357 2025-07-18T16:11:26.732915 text/html 699942 2024-10-24T09:42:50 text/html 411806 2025-07-18T16:11:36.328876 application/epub+zip 409620 2025-07-18T16:11:27.939869 application/epub+zip 409620 2025-07-18T16:11:27.332939 application/epub+zip 575438 2025-07-18T16:11:42.558818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513057 2025-07-18T16:11:35.654882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513273 2022-09-21T07:02:26.261183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 652424 2025-07-18T16:11:25.598881 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 632455 2024-10-24T09:42:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18660 2025-07-18T16:11:42.704828 application/rdf+xml 11810 2025-07-18T16:11:27.430875 image/jpeg 2409 2025-07-18T16:11:27.382885 image/jpeg 331744 2025-07-18T16:11:26.787880 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia