Book Review: A Year in the Life of Ancient Greece, by Philip Matyszak

I adore Matyszak’s works for bringing daily life in antiquity to the modern reader. Our perceptions of life in the classical era are influenced so much by contemporary writers that were from and concerned with the 1% plus Hollywood’s misappropriation and misrepresentation, that Matyszak’s works are a breath of fresh air.

What to Expect

The intertwined stories of eight everyday people – from a runaway slave to a diplomat, from a farmer to an international trader – in the yea...