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The Greek tyrants by Antony Andrewes
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The orientalizing revolution : Near Eastern influence on Greek culture in the early archaic age by Walter Burkert
Stolen Sharpie Revolution 2: a DIY resource to zines and zine culture by Alex Wrekk
The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans, translated by John Dryden and revised by Arthur Hugh Cloug by Plutarch
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About my libraryMy interests run to ancient history, Greek and Latin. So far I've done maybe 1/4-1/3 of what I have. Frankly, it's also gotten a bit mixed-up and redundant, as I use this account for testing. (There are a couple books I test out with, because I know they have certain fields or are in certain libraries.) That said, I've got a good chunk of my history, religion and archaeology in. Greek, Latin and novels to come....
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