Mercury's Wings: Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World

by F.S. Naiden (Editor), Richard J.A. Talbert (Editor)

Other authors: Sheila L. Ager (Contributor), Gregory S. Aldrete (Contributor), Matthew Canepa (Contributor), Kenneth W. Harl (Contributor), Julia Kindt (Contributor) — 10 more, Michael Kulikowski (Contributor), J.G. Manning (Contributor), Matthew Nicholls (Contributor), James F. Osborne (Contributor), Grant Parker (Contributor), Timothy Power (Contributor), Seth Richardson (Contributor), Ian Rutherford (Contributor), Taco Terpstra (Contributor), Jennifer Trimble (Contributor)

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'Mercury's Wings' is a volume of essays devoted to ancient communications. Comparable previous work has been mainly confined to articles on aspects of communication in the Roman empire. This set of 18 essays with an introduction by the co-editors marks a milestone, therefore, that demonstrates the importance and rich further potential of the topic.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Naiden, F.S.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Talbert, Richard J.A.	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ager, Sheila L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Aldrete, Gregory S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Canepa, Matthew	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Harl, Kenneth W.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kindt, Julia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kulikowski, Michael	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Manning, J.G.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nicholls, Matthew	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Osborne, James F.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Parker, Grant	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Power, Timothy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Richardson, Seth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rutherford, Ian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Terpstra, Taco	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Trimble, Jennifer	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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'Mercury's Wings' is a volume of essays devoted to ancient communications. Comparable previous work has been mainly confined to articles on aspects of communication in the Roman empire. This set of 18 essays with an introduction by the co-editors marks a milestone, therefore, that demonstrates the importance and rich further potential of the topic.

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