Phallos is the tale of a tale. Neotpolomus pursues mystic knowledge through the Mediterranean world in the time of emperor Hadrian. From Egypt to Syracuse, from Athens to Byzantium and further, filled with wit and erudtion--and deeply homoerotic--this is a Lacanian riddle to delight and intrigue fans of Delany's more recent fiction, The Mad Man, and his Return to Neveryon series.