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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs : Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World /

"A history of the ways in which ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional warfare, drawing on myth, science, and history and told Mayor's scrupulous, yet entertaining style"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Edición:[Revised and updated edition].
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction. War outside the rules -- Heracles and the hydra : the invention of biological weapons -- Arrows of doom -- Poison waters, deadly vapors -- A casket of plague in the Temple of Babylon -- Sweet sabotage -- Animal allies -- Infernal fire -- Afterword. The many-headed hydra. 
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