‘The author has an extraordinarily comprehensive knowledge of classical history – The Historian ‘Chrystal triumphs in terms of sources and detailed narratives, written in clear prose (no academic jargon) with gusto and humour . . . A breathtaking assembly of ancient sources, unlikely to be bettered.’ – Fortean Times ‘The efforts of a Robert Ripley […]
The efforts of a Robert Ripley or the Weekly World News are more recent examples, but the tradition of paradoxography – writings about the unusual, the miraculous, and the absurd – runs back to Hellenistic Greece and beyond, including Aristotle, Callimachus, Cicero, and Pliny alongside lesser-known practitioners. In this connection the historian Chrystal’s new Miracula […]
The efforts of a Robert Ripley or the Weekly World News are more recent examples, but the tradition of paradoxography – writings about the unusual, the miraculous, and the absurd – runs back to Hellenistic Greece and beyond, including Aristotle, Callimachus, Cicero, and Pliny alongside lesser-known practitioners. In this connection the historian Chrystal’s new Miracula […]
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In this blog, author Paul Chrystal introduces you to the weird and wonderful world of his new book… *** Introducing you to a new book on the classical world that isn’t just about that dubious alpha male Julius Caesar, the not so bloody bloodbath Coliseum or fascinating central heating systems and public baths. My Miracula […]
