Over the Wine Dark Sea is a novel by H.N. Turteltaub (a pseudonym of Harry Turtledove). It takes place in the years shortly after the death of Alexander the Great, and centers on a pair of Greek cousins from Rhodes, Menedemos and Sostratos, who work as sea-going traders. It is the first book of the so-called "Hellenic Traders" series of historical novels.
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