See Delphi and Die
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| Author | Lindsey Davis |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Marcus Didius Falco |
| Genre | Historical mystery crime novel |
| Publisher | Century, Mysterious Press |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 354 pp (Paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-312-35775-3 |
| OCLC | 131428046 |
| Preceded by | Scandal Takes a Holiday |
| Followed by | Saturnalia |
See Delphi and Die is a 2005 historical mystery crime novel by English author Lindsey Davis, the 17th book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. The audiobook is narrated by Simon Prebble.
Set in Rome and Roman Greece between September and October AD 76, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. As with many of the other Falco novels, See Delphi and Die uses a "modern" idea – in this case, the holiday package tour – as a device around which to build the story. The title refers to the deaths which take place at tourist attractions in Ancient Greece, including the sanctuary at Delphi, while paraphrasing Goethe's "See Naples and die", which refers to the grandeur of the capital of the Two Sicilies under the House of Bourbon; it also refers to a quote by one of the characters in the novel, addressed to Falco, as well as summarises the fate of another character.