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poison king
the life and legend of mithradates, rome's deadliest enemy
By Mayor, Adrienne
- ISBN
- 978-0-69112-683-8
- Publisher
- Princeton, 2009.
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Reviewed on September 1, 2009
Little known in the West, Mithradates has not been the subject of a full-scale biography in over 100 years, even though he remains a national hero in Armenia and Kurdistan. The publication of this biography is timely, as events of Mithradates's life parallel recent history. Mayor (visiting scholar, classics & history of science, Stanford Univ.: The First Fossil Hunters), a specialist in ancient science, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
