MAYOR ADRIENNE

ΥΓΡΟΝ ΠΥΡ, ΔΗΛΗΤΗΡΙΩΔΗ ΒΕΛΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΚΟΡΠΙΟΙ-ΒΟΜΒΕΣ
Τα χημικά και βιολογικά όπλα δεν είναι σημερινή ανακάλυψη. Ο άνθρωπος τα χρησιμοποιεί εδώ και πολλές χιλιάδες χρόνια. Από τους άθλους, τα έργα και τα πάρεργα του Ηρακλή μέχρι τον Τρωικό Πόλεμο θα συναντήσει κανείς πολλά τέτοια παραδείγματα που μπορούν να ανιχνευθούν σε κείμενα του Ηροδότου και του Θουκυδίδη. Η Μέγιορ, ειδικός στην ιστορία των κλασικών χρόνων και στην ιστορία της επιστήμης, μας περιγράφει πως οι αρχαίοι λαοί χρησιμοποιούσαν σκορπιούς-βόμβες, δηλητήριο φιδιών, νάφθα και το φοβερό υγρόν πυρ, για να αντιμετωπίζουν τους εχθρούς...
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(P/B) FLYING SNAKES AND GRIFFIN CLAWS
A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels―and the surprising truths behind them. Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights―glimmering, long-buried nuggets of truth―embedded in myth, legends, and folklore. Combing through ancient texts and obscure sources, she has spent decades prospecting for intriguing wonders and marvels, historical mysteries, diverting anecdotes, and hidden gems from antiquity, medieval, a...
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(P/B) THE AMAZONS
Amazons - fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world - were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wid...
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(P/B) THE POISON KING
Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary rebel who challenged the power of Rome in the first century BC. In this richly illustrated book--the first biography of Mithradates in fifty years...
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(H/B) THE POISON KING
Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary rebel who challenged the power of Rome in the first century BC. In this richly illustrated book--the first biography of Mithradates in fifty years...
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