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|title=The Sweet Girl

|sort=Sweet Girl, The

|publisher=Atlantic Books

|date=January 2013

|summary=A follow-up to "The Golden Mean" by Annabel Lyon, this book revolves around Aristotle's daughter Pythias. It presents a fictional account of the philosopher's household, and the obstacles the subsequently orphaned Pythias has to overcome outside her nest.

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''The Sweet Girl'' is a novel fictionalising the life of Pythias, the Greek philosopher Aristotle's daughter. The reader looks at the world through Pythias’ eyes, from the age of 7 until her late teens, starting in Athens, and ending up in Chalcis. One gets to delve into the experience of life in the household of a highly esteemed ancient philosopher, and the uncertainty which the main characters are thrown into after the death of King Alexander, making life unsafe for anyone previously affiliated with him – this includes Aristotle, who was once his teacher.