Ancient Greek men at a symposium (being entertained by a female musician) (painted mixing bowl, c. 420 BC)
It took me two whole years, which is at least a year and a half too long.
Ever since I decided my next writing project would be my first (incomplete, shelved) novel – a fantasy – rewritten as historical fiction and set in Ancient Greece, I knew I had to seriously beef up my knowledge of that period in history.
In many ways, this would be me starting from ground zero in my research.
A Frame Around Infinity 