by Stephanie Dray | Nov 22, 2011 | Food, Fun Stuff, Miscellany
So, we all know about the wine. Falernian, Caecuban, etc. Ancients drank the stuff in copious quantities. But what else did they drink? This was a point of inquiry for me when writing Song of the Nile: A Novel of Cleopatra’s daughter who became the highly...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 19, 2011 | Miscellany, My Works, Song of the Nile
To the ancient Romans, just about everyone was a barbarian. (Except the Greeks, who gave them the word in the first place, not to mention an inferiority complex to go with it.) Whether it was Blue Picts of Scotland or Gallic and Germanic hordes, the Romans generally...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 15, 2011 | Cleopatra Selene, Daughters of the Nile, Lily of the Nile, Research, Song of the Nile
The ancient kingdom of Mauretania, once ruled by Juba II and Cleopatra Selene, is lost to the sands of time. But there are the ruins. I’ve posted photos of the area near Selene’s capital city, Iol-Caesaria, modern-day Cherchell Algeria. Now, thanks to...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 15, 2011 | Miscellany
Announcing Historical Foodie Fridays Epicureanism is a very old philosophy that extolled, among other things, the virtues of pleasure. Too often, history is viewed as a dry and painful intellectual exercise–and I’ve often argued that historical fiction...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 11, 2011 | For Readers, Fun Stuff, Upcoming Events
Do you love events where you can walk away with a truckload of free books and a chance at winning e-readers, all while munching on tasty treats? If so, come out to see me and my fellow authors today in Crofton, MD. There will be door prizes, raffles, and plenty of...
