By the Wine Dark Sea is a sourcebook of martial life and heroic themes set in Archaic Hellas in 650 B.C., intended to serve the needs of the novelist, roleplaying game moderator, screenwriter, or video game designer, in crafting an authentic adventure setting with realistic socially functional characters.

The author is at his best in describing the uses of the various weapons and the poetic traditions of archaic Hellas.

Includes:

A gallery of period heroes

Calendars

100 page name-building glossary

12 illustrations by Joseph Bellofatto