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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs : Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Weapons of biological and chemical warfare have been in use for thousands of years, and Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor's exploration of the origins of controversial weaponry, draws extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and terrorism.Drawing on sources ancient and modern, Mayor describes ancient recipes for arrow poisons, booby traps rigged with plague, petroleum-based combustibles, choking gases, and the deployment of dangerous animals and venomous snakes and insects. She also explores the ambiguous moral implications inherent in this kind of warfare: Are these nefarious forms of weaponry ingenious or cowardly? Admirable or reprehensible?

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Author

Adrienne Mayor

Publisher

Overlook Hardcover

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585676088

Category

history

Subjects

Military, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.86 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13