INTERESTING READING AND VIEWING IDEAS FOR UPCOMING TRIPS
Here are some recommendations given by various and sundry Focus Folks. Please email Ellie with additions and we will post them here so everyone can enjoy!
Greece
Books:
The following five books by Mary Renault have long been among my favorites. They are all set in ancient Greece and follow the adventures of Theseus, a mythical hero. They are also all grounded in the mythology of Greece. I think they are fascinating.
The King Must Die
The Bull From the Sea
The Mask of Apollo
Last of the Wine
Fire From Heaven
I also think all of us will enjoy having a knowledge of:
The Iliad: Penguin Classics
The Odyssey
Booth, Martin. Islands of Silence: A Novel
Cooney, Caroline B. Goddess of Yesterday
Curtis, Michael. The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece
MacInnes, Helen. Decision at Delphi. A modern mystery set in Greece
Pressfield, Steven. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
Pressfield, Steven. Tides of War
Stabenow, Dana. So Sure of Death: A Liam Campbell Mystery
Sophocles. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
Walker, Martin. The Caves of Perigord: A Novel
Non-Fiction:
Boatswain, Tim. A Traveller’s History of Greece
Bowman, Marker, and Tobin. Frommer’s Greece
Cameron, Pat. Blue Guide Crete
Clogg, Richard. A Concise History of Greece
Davidson, James. Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
Flower, John. Blue Guide Greece
Fodor, John. Fodor’s Greece
Freely, John. Crete
Freely, John. Strolling Through Athens: Fourteen Unforgettable Walks
Habegger, Larry. Travelers’ Tales Greece: True Stories
Morkot, Robert. The Penguin Historical Atlas of Greece
Stoneman, Richard. A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece
Willett, David. Lonely Planet Greece