A few days in Athens being the translation of a Greek manuscript discovered in Herculaneum

"A Few Days in Athens" by Frances Wright is a story set in ancient Athens where Theon, a young man, experiences a major shift in his understanding of life. Initially upset by the ideas of a philosopher, he meets Epicurus, a wise man whose teachings offer a different way of seeing the world. The book centers on their conversations about what it means to be good, happy, and how philosophy plays a role in living a meaningful life. Theon's journey to understand these new ideas challenges his old beliefs and shows the different ways people thought about these big questions back then.