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War with poison and chemicals was not so rare in the ancient world... An astounding panoply of toxic substances, venomous creatures, poison plants, animals and insects, deleterious environments, virulent pathogens, infectious agents, noxious gases, and combustible chemicals were marshalled to defeat foes - and panoply is an apt term here, because it is the ancient Greek word for 'all weapons.

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Although it is tempting to imagine an ancient era innocent of biochemical weaponry, in fact this Pandora's box of horrors was opened thousands of years ago. The history of making war with biological weapons begins in mythology, in ancient oral traditions that preserved records of actual events and ideas of the era before the invention of written histories.

Adrienne Mayor

Adrienne Mayor

Adrienne Mayor

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Born: 1946 (age 79)

Bio: Adrienne Mayor is a historian of ancient science and a classical folklorist.

Known for:

The First Fossil Hunters (2000)
Greek Fire,Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs (2003)
Fossil legends of the first Americans (2005)

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