In a novel with a scene set in this place, the protagonist is placed on a cross and nearly dies until wind blows him into a river; but when the protagonist is about to be burned at the stake, miraculous waves douse the flames.
In a novel with a scene set in this place, the protagonist is placed on a cross and nearly dies until wind blows him into a river; but when the protagonist is about to be burned at the stake, miraculous waves douse the flames. A poem whose final book is set at this place describes its protagonist almost being murdered by the slave Ganymedes. Habrocomes and Anthia are sent from their homeland to this place in a so-called ";ancient penny-dreadful"; called An Ephesian Tale. In a poem, the drug nepenthe, which induces forgetfulness, is from this place and is given by Polydamna to Helen of Troy while she is staying here. Lucius dreams that he will eat a crown of roses and join the cult of a goddess from this ancient country in Apuleius's The Golden Ass. Literature from here was often written in Demotic script. For 10 points, name this ancient country, whose own literature uses hieroglyphics.
In a novel with a scene set in this place, the protagonist is placed on a cross and nearly dies until wind blows him into a river; but when the protagonist is about to be burned at the stake, miraculous waves douse the flames.
Egypt or Egyptus