Story Rhapsode

A narrator recounts the peculiar transformation of his brilliant but eccentric friend, Emberlin, after he makes a "discovery about Discoveries" stemming from a cryptic note by Ben Jonson. Emberlin's ensuing obsession with numbers and a fictional ancient artist named Eupompus leads him down a path of intellectual fanaticism, blurring the lines between profound insight and utter madness.

A moonlit dash through myth and madness—Lykeham thinks he's Apollo in love with a goddess. The punchline? He's not.