Selected Bibliography

  • The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithridates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy (2009)
  • Fossil Legends of the First Americans (2005)
  • Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World (2003)
  • The First Fossil Hunters: Palaeontology in Greek and Roman Times (2000)

Adrienne Mayor

Adrienne Mayor, a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford, is the author of a life of Mithridates.


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