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Adrienne Mayor is a historian of ancient science and a classical folklorist.
Mayor specializes in ancient history and the study of "folk science": how pre-scientific cultures interpreted data about the natural world, and how these interpretations form the basis of many ancient myths, folklore and popular beliefs. Her work in pre-scientific fossil discoveries and traditional interpretations of paleontological remains has opened up a new field within the emerging discipline of Geomythology and classical folklore. Mayor's book on the origins of biological and chemical warfare revealed the ancient roots of poison weaponry and tactics. Since 2006, Mayor has been a research scholar in the Classics Department and the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Program at Stanford University.
Mayor has published articles on Amazons, unconventional warfare, toxic honey, tattoos in antiquity, smallpox blankets in history and legend, assassination by poisoned garments in Mughal India, fossil-related placenames, and other topics in scholarly journals and popular magazines, including the Journal of American Folklore, Archaeology, "Natural History," and MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History." Her books have been translated into 8 languages and have been featured in documentaries on the History and Discovery TV Channels. She has lectured at the American Museum of Natural History, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Smithsonian, Chicago Institute of Art, Getty Museum, among other venues, and has been interviewed on NPR, BBC, and Coast to Coast AM. Her biography of Mithradates VI Eupator, The Poison King, was a nonfiction finalist for the National Book Award 2009.
Hace tiempo que nos conocemos
que estamos los dos
en algo que parece una amistad.
Compartimos mil secretos
nos contamos mil cosas
es hora de decirte la verdad.
Algo nuevo estoy sintiendo
mi corazon te quiere hablar
que por ti esta latiendo
y te quiere preguntar
que vas ha hacer el resto de tu vida
que vas ha hacer desde ahora y para siempre
yo quiero saber
si un milagro puede ser
que este sueno sea
el comienzo de un eterno amor.
Yo quisiera que me acompanes
que me cambies la vida
quisiera verte en cada atardecer
y que sepas que te extrano
cada vez que te vas
necesito tenerte cerca un poco mas.
Yo no puedo estar fingiendo
mi corazon no aguanta mas
que por ti sigue latiendo
y te quiere preguntar
que vas ha hacer el resto de tu vida
que vas ha hacer desde ahora y para siempre
yo quiero saber
si un milagro puede ser
que este sueno sea