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Greek fire, poison arrows, and scorpion bombs : biological and chemical warfare in the ancient world / Adrienne Mayor.

Author/creator Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
Format Book and Print
Edition[2009 ed.].
Publication InfoWoodstock, NY : Overlook Press ; London : Duckworth, 2009.
Description319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Military art and science--History --To 500.
Weapons of mass destruction--History --To 1500.
Chemical weapons--History --To 1500.
Biological weapons--History --To 1500.
Portion of title Biological and chemical warfare in the ancient world
Contents Preface to the 2009 edition -- Historical time line -- The maps -- Introduction: War outside the rules -- Hercules and the Hydra : the invention of biological weapons -- Alexander the Great and the arrows of doom -- Poison waters, deadly vapors -- A casket of plague in the Temple of Babylon -- Sweet sabotage -- Animal allies and scorpion bombs -- Infernal fire -- Afterword: The many-headed Hydra.
General note"Overlook Duckworth."
General note"First published in paperback in the United States in 2009 by the Overlook Press"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-305] and index.
ISBN9781590201770 (US : pbk.)
ISBN1590201779 (US : pbk.)
ISBN9780715638521 (UK : pbk.)
ISBN0715638521 (UK : pbk.)

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