Sailing the Wine-dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
- ISBN-10
- 141766603X
- ISBN-13
- 9781417666034
- Series
- Sailing the Wine-dark Sea
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-07
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books
- Author
- Thomas Cahill
Description
In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore "the hinges of history," Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining--and historically unassailable--journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined ...
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- 2009
- 326 pages
- Paperback
- British Archaeological Reports Limited
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