--- title: "4 Adrienne Mayor Quotes - Famous Historian of classical antiquity" description: "Historian of folk science (born 1946)... | Adrienne Mayor is a historian of ancient science and a classical folklorist. Browse 4 Adrienne Mayor quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/adrienne-mayor-73519_ancient_although-it-is-tempting-to-imagine-an-an_429800.jpg" --- # Adrienne Mayor (1946) Historian Of Classical Antiquity **4** quotes in **61** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Adrienne Mayor is a historian of classical antiquity. ## Quick Facts About Adrienne Mayor Born April 22, 1946 Profession Historian Of Classical Antiquity ## About Adrienne Mayor Historian of folk science (born 1946)... \| Adrienne Mayor is a historian of ancient science and a classical folklorist. ## Quotes by Adrienne Mayor > [Although it is tempting to imagine an ancient era innocent of biochemical weaponry, in fact this Pandora's box of horrors was opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-mayor/although-it-is-tempting-to-imagine-an-ancient-era-innocent-of/) [Adrienne Mayor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-mayor/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/adrienne-mayor-73519_ancient_although-it-is-tempting-to-imagine-an-an_429800.jpg) > [Layer upon layer, Italy's storied past unfolds in Robert Kaster's captivating journey along the venerable Queen of Roads. I cannot imagine a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-mayor/layer-upon-layer-italy-s-storied-past-unfolds-in-robert-kaster-s/) [Adrienne Mayor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-mayor/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/adrienne-mayor-73519_ancient_layer-upon-layer-italy-s-storied-past-un_659419.jpg) > [“I found that this was a desert region so obscure that the designers of atlases typically stitch page bindings directly over that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-mayor/i-found-that-this-was-a-desert-region-so-obscure-that-the-designers/) [Adrienne Mayor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-mayor/) [Geography](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/geography/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/adrienne-mayor-73519_quote_i-found-that-this-was-a-desert-region-so_872235.jpg) > [war with poison and chemicals was not so rare in the ancient world ... An astounding panoply of toxic substances, venomous creatures,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-mayor/war-with-poison-and-chemicals-was-not-so-rare-in-the-ancient-world-an/) [Adrienne Mayor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-mayor/) [Agents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agents/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/adrienne-mayor-73519_agents_war-with-poison-and-chemicals-was-not-so_3224777.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-mayor/#itemlist", "name": "Adrienne Mayor Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Although it is tempting to imagine an ancient era innocent of biochemical weaponry, in fact this Pandora's box of horrors was opened thousands of years ago. 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