Blish adapts the episode in which telekinetic immortals modeled on ancient Greek philosophers strand the Enterprise crew on their world and force them into cruel, humiliating performances for their own amusement, testing how far Kirk and his officers will bend before they break.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Star Trek Original TV Series Adaptations
- contained in Star Trek 11collection
- contained in The Classic Episodes 3collection
- contained in The Star Trek Reader IVomnibus