Hellenic Traders

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Hellenic Traders
' Over the Wine Dark Sea (2001)
The Gryphon's Skull (2002)
The Sacred Land (2003)
Owls to Athens (2004)
Salamis (2020) '
Author H.N. Turteltaub
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Historical fiction
Publisher TOR (first four books)
CAEZIK SF & Fantasy (fifth book)
Published2001–2004, 2020 (2001–2004, 2020)
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)

Hellenic Traders refers to a series of historical fiction books published by TOR and written by H.N. Turteltaub (a pseudonym of Harry Turtledove). [1]

The books center around cousins Menedemos and Sostratos who work as seaborne traders in the years following the death of Alexander the Great. The series is notable for a high degree of historical accuracy[ citation needed ].

After Tor allowed the series to go out of print, PhoenixPick acquired the rights to the series and all four books were reprinted and reissued under Turtledove's name from 2013 to 2015.

The series currently consists of five books:

Turtledove's other historical novel, Justinian , set in the early Byzantine Empire, deals with the same geographic area, though it otherwise is not connected with the Hellenic Traders series.

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References

  1. "Fantastic Fiction.com: Hellenic Traders Series by Harry Turtledove". www.fantasticfiction.com.