Ancient History
Subtitle: Monuments and Documents (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781405106580
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Jewish - General; History - General History; History; History: World; Sources; Ancient - General; History / Ancient / General; Historiography; History, Ancient; Study and teaching
First sentence: When Odysseus went to consult the dead, he slit the throats of black cattle and let their blood drain into a trench he had cut into the earth.