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Some chapters of this novel, in slightly different form, were first published as short stories in the following magazines and anthologies (listed by publication date): “The Monumental Gaul” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, August 2011; “The Witch’s Curse” (as “The Witch of Corinth”) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2011; “Something to Do with Diana” in The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction, edited by Mike Ashley (London: Constable & Robinson, August 2011; Philadelphia: Running Press, September 2011); “Styx and Stones” in Down These Strange Streets, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (New York: Penguin, November 2011); “The Widows of Halicarnassus” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2012; “O Tempora! O Mores! Olympiad!” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2012; “The Return of the Mummy” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June 2012.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Saylor, Steven, 1956–

   The seven wonders : a novel of the ancient world / Steven Saylor.—1st ed.

        p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-312-35984-3 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-0196-7 (e-book)

  1.  Gordianus the Finder (Fictitious character)—Fiction.   2.  Rome—History—Republic, 265–30 B.C.—Fiction.   I.  Title.

PS3569.A96S48 2012

813'.54—dc23

2012005475

e-ISBN 9781466801967

First Edition: June 2012