One fat character in this novel is taken in his litter to Sicca, and later he is mistranslated to soldiers by a Greek slave, which almost gets him killed.
One fat character in this novel is taken in his litter to Sicca, and later he is mistranslated to soldiers by a Greek slave, which almost gets him killed. An army of mercenaries in this novel discover sacred fish with jewels in their gills during a feast, and one character in this novel steals a sacred veil from the temple of Tanit, which leads to nobody touching him during his escape. That Libyan giant is served by Spendius, and he competes with Narr Havas, a Numidian chief. The main character is discovered to have her anklets broken by the king after she visits a barbarian camp to retrieve her veil from Matho, and later, Matho is tortured to death on the dais where the title character is married right before she drinks poison. For 10 points, identify this novel about a Carthaginian priestess by Gustave Flaubert.
One fat character in this novel is taken in his litter to Sicca, and later he is mistranslated to soldiers by a Greek slave, which almost gets him killed.
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