by John Martino | Feb 14, 2021 | Myth
“House Atreides claimed to trace its roots more than twelve thousand years, back to the ancient sons of Atreus on Old Terra. Now the family embraced its long history, despite the numerous tragic and dishonorable incidents it contained. The Dukes had made an annual...
by John Martino | Jan 21, 2021 | Backstory
One of the ‘Olympia’ authors, John, at Olympia, Greece, March 2020. This photo was taken directly after the Tokyo Olympics torch-lighting ceremony that was held on the ancient grounds of Olympia, home to the first Olympics (and for more than a 1,000 years onwards). He...
by John Martino | Jan 21, 2021 | Backstory
One of the ‘Olympia’ authors, Michael, at the Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (November, 2020). Michael and John were being interviewed by Dr. Alkistis Agio from Athens, Greece, and were lucky enough to have the Museum’s curatorial staff offer them...
by John Martino | Jan 21, 2021 | Backstory
While Michael was furiously editing the first 5 chapters of ‘Olympia’ (after multiple re-drafts) and working on aspects of the final chapters of ‘Olympia’, John took up a 6-week writer’s residency position in Athens, Greece (February / March, 2020) at the spectacular...
by John Martino | Nov 19, 2020 | Art
The (quite striking) cover art for ‘Olympia’ is an artistic composite, derived from a number of Late Archaic and Pre-Classical vase depictions of ancient Greek...
