Don't judge a book by its cover, but this one sure is enticing and inebriating *-D This book is like a good bottle of wine, behind which there is always a good story, one often embellished as the bottle is emptied. What happy symposiast, wandering home through the darkened jasmine-scented streets of ancient Babylon or Athens, would fault the storyteller or the wine for having made a better tale than mere evidence would warrant? Here too can be found inspiration—and new avenues for scholarly pursuit. (Short review by American Scientist)  and First Chapter courtesy of Princeton University Press)