The Gryphon's Skull
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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.
skull (in reality a skull from a dinosaur), and the efforts of Sostratos to get the skull back to scholars for study.
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
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Historical fiction
Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...
novel written by H. N. Turteltaub
Harry Turtledove
Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.- Life :...
. It follows the adventures of Menedemos and his cousin, Sostratos. It is the second book in the Hellenic Traders
Hellenic Traders
Hellenic Traders refers to a series of historical fiction books published by TOR and written by H.N. Turteltaub . The books center around cousins Menedemos and Sostratos who work as seaborne traders in the years following the death of Alexander the Great...
series.
Plot introduction
The book centers around the discovery of an apparent gryphonGryphon
-Businesses:* Gryphon Airlines, an American-owned airline based in Vienna, Virginia* Gryphon Audio Designs, a Danish maker of audio components* Golden Gryphon Press, an American independent publishing company...
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 GreeceGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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
Romanization
In linguistics, romanization or latinization is the representation of a written word or spoken speech with the Roman script, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system . Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written...
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