Rude Talk in Athens: Ancient Rivals, the Birth of Comedy, and a Writer's Journey Through Greece, Hardcover - Mark Haskell Smith

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DescriptionIn 431 BC, the long simmering rivalry between the city-states of Athens and Sparta erupted into open warfare, and for more than a genera...

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