Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs
Narrated by:
Suzanne Toren
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Narrated by:
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Suzanne Toren
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Adrienne Mayor
About this listen
Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease...are these terrifying agents and implements of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot.
Weapons of biological and chemical warfare have been in use for thousands of years, and Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor's fascinating exploration of the origins of biological and unethical warfare, draws extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and terrorism.
©2008 Adrienne Mayor (P)2010 Audible, Inc.Critic Reviews
"Illuminating... Adrienne Mayor marshals not just myth, but also the writing of ancient authors and evidence from archaeological digs to show that biological and chemical weapons saw action inbattles long before the modern era." ( The New York Times)
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