Snakes, Sands and Silphium: Travels in Classical Libya

by Paul Wright

Egypt, Carthage and other African civilisations are well documented but the land and people between them are less well known yet also worthy of consideration. This collection of extracts from classical authors on subjects relating to ancient Libya presents more than fifty writers from Homer to the end of the Roman Empire and provides an eclectic mixture of descriptions of Libya, its people, flora, fauna, climate, geography and episodes in its history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900971127
• ISBN13: 9781900971126
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Silphium Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"