The Path to Rome · Character

Acedes

A named character, possibly a local or fellow pilgrim.

minor

First appearance: the path to rome

Acedes shows up with force in Praise of This Book. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Referenced as the discoverer of the Water of Youth in a hollow of the hill Epistemonoscoptes.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the narrator, overwhelmed by the restored church and the extr…

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