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about the Battle of Thermopylae. Nick Nicastro’s Isle of Stone (2006)
describes the plight of a group of Spartan hoplites during the Peloponnesian
War. Margaret Doody has written several detective novels
set in Athens, including Aristotle Detective (1978), Poison in Athens
(2004), and Mysteries in Eleusis (2006).
MAGAZINES
A magazine called Omnibus, produced by the Joint Association of Classical
Teachers (31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY), intended
primarily for high schools, contains many very useful articles on
classical themes. Somewhat more sophisticated, but intended for
the general reader, is a magazine called History Today (London),
which occasionally includes articles on the ancient world.
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS
There are numerous audiovisual materials about the Greek world. For a
comprehensive list, see Classical World, Spring 2008, vol. 101 no. 3,
pp. 335– 419 (compiled by Janice Siegel and complete with prices).
CD-ROMS
Centaur Systems Ltd. (407 N. Brearly Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703–
1603, tel. 1-800-CENTAUR; fax 608-255-6949) distributes a number
of CD-ROMs about classical Greece, including Olympia: 2800 Years
of Athletic Games, Parthenon, and Grammar: Drills for Greek Students.
Perseus 2.0: Interactive Sources and Studies on Ancient Greece for
Macintosh ® Computers. Editor in chief, G. Crane. New Haven,
Conn.: Yale University Press.
WEB SITES
historylink101.com/index.htm. Ancient Greece. Author Eric Rymer. Visited
July 15, 2008.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/art&arch.html. Editor Gregory R. Cane. Tufts
University. Updated daily.
www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html. The Ancient Greek
World. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology. Copyright 2002.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html. Internet Ancient History
Sourcebook: Greece. Editor Paul Halsall. Fordham University.
Last modified December 10, 2006.
depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/athnlife/index.htm. Athenian
Daily Life. Author Roger Dunkle. Visited July 15, 2008.