One is a Greek cookbook that contains both ancient and modern Greek meals (I've already highlighted all sorts of interesting recipes), and the other is a book exploring how certain tales out of Greek mythology may have reflected the turbulant real-life relations between family members in ancient times.
I'm also looking forward to getting this book in the mail:
The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization
It's written by Jim Lacey, a military historian and a combat veteran. I'm hoping his research will help me understand the layout of Marathon better and what it was actually like to fight there. (The Battle of Marathon is the opening chapter of my story, and despite having other books on the subject it's been a real struggle for me to write about.)
More thoughts and updates coming soon!
3 comments:
Both Hera and ancient cooking were well alive in Greece when I was last there. I was surprised how many age-old recipies still tasted so good. Also, many cities had temples to Hera:)
nothing like good food, no matter how old [the recipes] ;)
Let us know how the Greek recipes turn out :-)
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