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Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale growing of disease - are these terrifying tools of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot. Weapons of natural and chemical substance warfare have been in use for thousands of years, and "Greek Hearth, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs", Adrienne Mayor's interesting exploration of the origins of natural and unethical warfare, pulls extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan Warfare, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern ways of war and terrorism. "Greek Hearth, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs" will catapult visitors into the dark and interesting realm of ancient war and mythic treachery - and their damaging consequences.
