![]() It was also a National Book Award Finalist in 2009. Mayor’s book won a gold medal for biography at the Independent Publishers Book Award 2010. “The Poison King” focuses on the world’s first experimental toxicologist, Mithradates, and the potions and poisons he concocted as he began his war against the Roman Empire in the first century B.C. Her research has been featured on National Public Radio, British Broadcasting Corp., the History Channel and most recently in the New York Times and National Geographic. “I’m drawn to intriguing topics from the ancient world that have broad interest today, but are neglected by modern historians and scientists,” says Mayor. Mayor is a folklorist/historian of science who investigates parallels between ancient “folk science” and modern scientific methods. ![]() The event is part of the Finley Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Program in Classics in The College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics SU Library Associates The SU Humanities Center and Arts and Sciences alumnus Robert Papworth ’68. Mayor will present her recent book, “The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy” (Princeton University Press, 2009). Adrienne Mayor, research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University, will deliver the Moses Finley Lecture at Syracuse University Monday, Oct. ![]()
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