A review by lyrajock
Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World by Michael Scott

3.0

If reading history is solely to find out information on a subject, this book does the job. I learned quite a bit about a subject I only knew in passing rather than in any depth. However, the author does not help make this quite the engrossing read that I was hoping for. Mostly a dry read from start to finish, although the end has a more interesting narrative learning about the discovery and recent excavations of Delphi. While we learn much about what made Delphi special to the ancients, the author spends too much time listing artifacts with no accompanying pictures. Whole paragraphs/pages can be devoted endless listing, which just ends up feeling like wasted space with no analysis.