08-24-2008, 02:28 AM
Quote:Dear all,
I am currently working on an essay about the mysterious "Greek fire".
God must have sent you, because I am currently doing the same thing! I actually I dug up a well-researched Dutch source yesterday. It also has an extensive bibliography of English material, along with a list of primary sources:
Bart de Graeve: Het griekse vuur: De realiteit achter de mythe. Universität Leuven, 2001 (Lizentiatsarbeit). http://www.ethesis.net/grieks_vuur/grieks_vuur.pdf
The most recent research has been done by Haldon:
Byzantine Style, Religion, and Civilization: In Honour of Sir Steven
Runciman. Edited by Elizabeth M. Jeffreys. (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. 2007. Pp. lvi, 436. $145.00.)
Among the contributions, the following are especially
interesting and useful: the valuable update by John Haldon,“‘Greek Fire’
Revisited: Recent and Current Researchâ€
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)