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Country United States Publisher Tor Books Pages 384 Followed by The Sacred Land Genre Historical Fiction | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 2002 Originally published 2002 Preceded by Over the Wine Dark Sea Page count 384 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) Similar Harry Turtledove books, Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure Series books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Gryphon's Skull is a historical fiction novel written by H. N. Turteltaub. It follows the adventures of Menedemos and his cousin, Sostratos. It is the second book in the Hellenic Traders series.
Contents
Plot introduction
The book centers around the discovery of an apparent gryphon skull (in reality a skull from a dinosaur), and the efforts of Sostratos to get the skull back to scholars for study.
Setting
The novel takes place in the areas around Greece approximately fourteen years after the death of Alexander the Great. As with the first book in the series, characters and locations are given a more literal transcription of their Greek names than the more common anglicized Latinizations.
References
The Gryphon's Skull Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA