, a knight in Byzantium, facing the religious fervor of the Crusades.
“What was it all for?” the girl asks.
Adam and Eve are transported through a series of historical "visions" where Adam adopts various personas: Ancient Egypt: As Pharaoh Djoser. As the general Miltiades. During the time of Christ. Byzantium: As the knight Tancred during the Crusades. As astronomer Johannes Kepler. As revolutionary leader Georges Danton.