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<p>[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 4338794, member: 104741"]Thanks to all for your input. Some very good tips. I was really hoping there would be some standard work on Magna Graecia, the one book you have to read. Guess I was wrong. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Looks interesting, although one reviewer accused the author of being Hellenophilic to the extreme. Also, it might in places be outdated, but the latest edition comes with a modern afterword, I believe. Not necessarily an easy read, but highly regarded. A good candidate.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I looked into that one. A good book for quick reference and an overview of the cities. And then there's coins..<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. And endorsed by zumbly as well! Definitely on the shortlist.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As the Handbook series, but without the coins, but with pictures of the archaelogical sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately many of the other books on your list are difficult to get in Norway: many bookstores on Amazon don't ship to Norway, or only at a hefty charge. And then there's custom duties...</p><p><br /></p><p> Thanks for the tips on the Punic and Peleponesian wars.I'll keep them in mind once I get there. Still taking baby steps here...</p><p><br /></p><p>To others also looking: I came across this one while searching the net. More Syracuse than MG, although it bracnches out ( and obviously conflict-oriented). Also a critical reviewer wrote: 'an ok survey that could have been better', but an easy read. Nothing wrong with that. Perhaps as an introduction? I'm half- tempted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyrants of Syracuse: War in Ancient Sicily.</p><p>Jeffrey Champion</p><p>Vol I : 48-368 BC ISBN:9781848840638</p><p>Vol II 367-211 BC ISBN:9781848843677</p><p><br /></p><p> and also:</p><p><br /></p><p>The History of Sicily to the Athenian War </p><p>(with Elucidations of the Sicilian Odes of Pindar).</p><p>William W. Lloyd</p><p><br /></p><p>The Story of Sicily: Phoenician, Greek and Roman.</p><p>Edward A. Freeman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Couldn't find a review on the last two. They're both 19th c. books, recently republished in a 'Scholar Select' series. I guess the authors must have done a lot right to survive to this day... Anyone read them?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 4338794, member: 104741"]Thanks to all for your input. Some very good tips. I was really hoping there would be some standard work on Magna Graecia, the one book you have to read. Guess I was wrong. :(:banghead: Looks interesting, although one reviewer accused the author of being Hellenophilic to the extreme. Also, it might in places be outdated, but the latest edition comes with a modern afterword, I believe. Not necessarily an easy read, but highly regarded. A good candidate. I looked into that one. A good book for quick reference and an overview of the cities. And then there's coins..:). And endorsed by zumbly as well! Definitely on the shortlist. As the Handbook series, but without the coins, but with pictures of the archaelogical sites. Unfortunately many of the other books on your list are difficult to get in Norway: many bookstores on Amazon don't ship to Norway, or only at a hefty charge. And then there's custom duties... Thanks for the tips on the Punic and Peleponesian wars.I'll keep them in mind once I get there. Still taking baby steps here... To others also looking: I came across this one while searching the net. More Syracuse than MG, although it bracnches out ( and obviously conflict-oriented). Also a critical reviewer wrote: 'an ok survey that could have been better', but an easy read. Nothing wrong with that. Perhaps as an introduction? I'm half- tempted. Tyrants of Syracuse: War in Ancient Sicily. Jeffrey Champion Vol I : 48-368 BC ISBN:9781848840638 Vol II 367-211 BC ISBN:9781848843677 and also: The History of Sicily to the Athenian War (with Elucidations of the Sicilian Odes of Pindar). William W. Lloyd The Story of Sicily: Phoenician, Greek and Roman. Edward A. Freeman. Couldn't find a review on the last two. They're both 19th c. books, recently republished in a 'Scholar Select' series. I guess the authors must have done a lot right to survive to this day... Anyone read them?[/QUOTE]
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