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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 874327" data-attributes="member: 5328">G'dayI'm going to recommend some books for you.The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault ISBN 0-375-72681-0Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe ISBN 0-7088-8225-0Each of these is a superb read, and you will not regret a penny of the price youpay for either of them. Each of them also illustrates quite a lot of Greek social life, dress, diet, religious behaviour, and military affairs. The first is set during the Pelopennesian War 429-401 BCE (and is not a fantasy story), and the second in the last months of the Second Persian War 479 BCE (and is very definitely a fantasy novel).The Ancient Greeks by Nicholas Victor Sekunda ISBN 0-85045-686-X was published by Osprey Military Books as a handbook for miniatures wargamers interested in the appearance, arms and organisation of Greek armies in the Classical Age (c. 490-330 BCE). It is illustrated by the outstanding Angus McBride, who is the best illustrator in the business, and does meticulous research.Histories by Herodotos of Halikarnassos is long, but a lot more interesting than you might expect. It was written by a Greek for Greeks, so although a lot of it is about things that Greeks did, most of the culture is taken for granted. But it is the premier source on the things that the Greeks believed were around them, and definitely your best source for enemies and neighbouring cultures in a Greek fantasy campaign. A  fantasy campaign with a Greek setting that doesn't have at least one Neurian has really dropped the bundle.I got a lot of useful information from a book called How the Greeks Built Cities by RE Wycherly, but I don't have the ISBN, and besides it is almost certainly out of print. But you ought to do a bit of research on the subject, and find out what facilities a Greek city had: they are surprisingly alien.Regards,Agback</blockquote>

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