The author of "The Poison King" offers a deeply researched, wide-ranging and lavishly illustrated account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world. von Mayor, Adrienne

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, Greek mythology was exploring ideas...

"Pontisches Gift: Die Legende von Mithridates, Roms größtem Feind" von Norbert Juraschitz ist eine historische Erzählung über das Leben und die Taten von Mithridates VI. Eupator, dem König von Pontos. Das Buch beleuchtet seine Rolle als...

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and...

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...

Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws von Mayor, Adrienne

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs von Mayor, Adrienne

Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if...

"Mithradates should be a household name alongside his fellow rebels Hannibal, Cleopatra, Spartacus, and Attila. This detailed, juicy, entertaining, yet painstaking work of superb scholarship should finally give Mithradates the...