Adrienne Mayor
Author of The Poison King : The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy
About the Author
Adrienne Mayor is a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University, and the author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy (Princeton), which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Works by Adrienne Mayor
Associated Works
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1991 (1991) — Co-Author "Amazons" — 15 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1997 (1997) — Author "Dirty Tricks in Ancient Warfare" — 10 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1999 (1998) — Author "Giants in Ancient Warfare" — 9 copies
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- Canonical name
- Mayor, Adrienne
- Other names
- MAYOR, Adrienne
- Birthdate
- 1946-04-22
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bento, Illionis, USA
- Places of residence
- Palo Alto, California, USA
Bozeman, Montana, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA - Education
- University of Minnesota
- Occupations
- independent scholar
author - Organizations
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
History of Science Society
American Folklore Society
International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
Stanford University - Awards and honors
- Honorary Doctorate (Montana State University)
- Agent
- Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
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Statistics
- Works
- 7
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 1,845
- Popularity
- #13,951
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 44
- ISBNs
- 58
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 4
I expected more emphasis on deep research and analysis of curiosities from ancient times. While there were a few such as an attempt to explain Herodotus's flying snakes, other chapters discussed why wine goblets resemble female breasts and inexplicably, an entire chapter devoted to the author's pet weasel.
The book had its moments yet overall was quite disappointing and not worth the effort.… (more)