From The Browser, an interview with Mary Beard on books about ancient history in modern life. A review of The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War by Caroline Alexander (and more and more and more). The first chapter from Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece by Joan Breton Connelly. From BMCR, a review of The Feminine Matrix of Sex and Gender in Classical Athens by Kate Gilhuly; a review of Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens by Nancy Worman; and a review of Greek Sport and Social Status by Mark Golden. The dinner party from Hell: The 2,000-year-old history of the intimidating dinner host. From The Nation, a review of The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard. The first chapter from The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates,

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