The Journal of Hellenic Studies 138, 2018
Research Articles
Antonis Kotsonas, Homer, The Archaeology of Crete and the ‘Tomb of Meriones’ at Knossos, pp. 1-35 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000010
Andrea Rodighiero, Aeschylus Agamemnon 104–05, Homer and the Epic Tradition: A New Survey, pp. 36-49 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000022
Martin Cropp, Ian Storey, Patrocles of Athens and Patrocles of Thurii, pp. 50-54 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000034
Graeme Miles, Mythic Paradigms and the Platonic Life: Becoming a Bacchus in Damascius’ Philosophical History, pp. 55-66 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000046
Benjamin M. Sullivan, In the Shadow of Phoenicia: North Syria and ‘Palestinian Syria’ in Herodotus, pp. 67-79 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000058
Hanne Eisenfeld, Geryon the Hero, Herakles the God, pp. 80-99 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691800006X
Mirko Canevaro, The Public Charge for Hubris Against Slaves: The Honour of the Victim and the Honour of the Hubristēs, pp. 100-126 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000071
Daniel Jolowicz, Sicily and Roman Republican History in Chariton’s Chaereas and Callirhoe, pp. 127-149 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000083
Deborah Beck, Emotional and Thematic Meanings in a Repeating Homeric Motif: A Case Study, pp. 150-172 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000095
Charles H. Cosgrove, An Ancient Greek Lament Form, pp. 173-181 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000101
Henry Spelman, Pindar and the Epic Cycle, pp. 182-201 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000113
Graziano Ranocchia, Philodemus’ On Rhetoric was in 20 Books, pp. 202-208 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000125
Federico M. Petrucci, Wave-Like Commentaries: The Structure and Philosophical Orientation of Middle Platonist Commentaries, pp. 209-226 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000137
Stefan Hagel, Adjusting Words to Music: Prolongating Syllables and the Example of ‘Dactylo-Epitrite’, pp. 227-248 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000149
Katarzyna Jażdżewska, Indications of Speakers in Ancient Dialogue: A Reappraisal, pp. 249-260 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000150
Reviews of Books
Literature
(T.) Phillips Pindar’s Library: Performance Poetry and Material Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. x + 344. £87. 9780198745730. Maria Pavlou, pp. 261-262 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000162
(T.) Van Nortwick Late Sophocles: The Hero's Evolution in Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015. Pp. xiii + 148. $65. 9780472119561. Dimitra Kokkini, pp. 262-263 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000174
(M.) Ringer Euripides and the Boundaries of the Human. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2016. Pp. 377. £75. 9781498518437. Andreas Markantonatos, pp. 263-264 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000186
(E.) Sanders and (M.) Johncock (eds) Emotion and Persuasion in Classical Antiquity. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016. Pp. 321. €56. 9783515113618. Henry S. Blume, pp. 264-265 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000198
(A.) Provenza La medicina delle Muse: La musica come cura nella Grecia antica. Carocci editore: Rome, 2016. Pp. 239. €24. 9788843070381. Elisabetta Pitotto, pp. 265-266 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000204
(A.) Cain The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto: Monastic Hagiography in the Late Fourth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. 342. £85. 9780198758259. Paul Dilley, pp. 266-267 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000216
(N.) Reggiani Digital Papyrology 1: Methods, Tools and Trends. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2017. Pp. viii + 318. €89.95/£81.99; open access e-book: https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/486978. 9783110538519. Lucia Vannini, pp. 267-268 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000228
History
(M.) Gagarin and (P.) Perlman The Laws of Ancient Crete c. 650–400 BCE. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. xxiv + 566. £137.50. 9780199204823. Edward M. Harris, pp. 269-270 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691800023X
(A.) Lanni Law and Order in Ancient Athens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xii + 226. £80. 9780521198806. Edward M. Harris, pp. 270-272 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000241
(J.T.) Roberts The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Pp. 448. £20. 9780199996643. Carlos Villafane, pp. 272-273 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000253
(P.) Ismard (tr. J.M. Todd) Democracy's Slaves: A Political History of Ancient Greece. Cambridge MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. x + 188. £27.95. 9780674660076. Kelly L. Wrenhaven, pp. 273-274 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000265
(A.) Iannucci, (F.) Muccioli and (M.) Zaccarini (eds) La città inquieta: Selinunte tra Lex Sacra e defixiones (Diádema 12). Sesto San Giovanni: Mimesis, 2015. Pp. 351. €18. 9788857534497. Franco de Angelis, Ryan Johnson, pp. 274-275 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000277
(M.) Canevaro Demostene, Contro Leptine: Introduzione, traduzione e commento storico (Texte und Kommentare 55). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. Pp. ix + 529. £109. 9783110488685. Dimos Spatharas, pp. 275-276 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000289
(M.) Waters Ctesias’ Persica and its Near Eastern Context. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2017. Pp. xiii + 159. $64.95. 9780299319905. Christopher Tuplin, pp. 276-277 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000290
(J.P.) Stronk Semiramis’ Legacy: The History of Persia According to Diodorus of Sicily. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017. Pp. 552. £120. 9781474414258. Eran Almagor, pp. 277-279 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000307
(B.) Chrubasik Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men who would be King. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. xvii + 308. £80. 9780198786924. Stephen Harrison, pp. 279-280 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000319
(E.) Eidinow, (J.) Kindt and (R.) Osborne (eds) Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xvii + 423. £74.99. 9781107153479. Hugh Bowden, pp. 280-281 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000320
(F.) Steger Asklepios: Medizin und Kult. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016. Pp. 162. €26. 9783515114479. Georgia Petridou, pp. 282-283 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000332
Art and Archaeology
(C.W.) Wiersma and (S.) Voutsaki (eds) Social Change in Aegean Prehistory. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2017. Pp. xx + 184. £36. 9781785702198. Carole Gillis, pp. 283-286 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000344
(C.S.) Murray The Collapse of the Mycenaean Economy: Imports, Trade, and Institutions 1300–700 BCE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 366. £90. 9781107186378. Corien W. Wiersma, pp. 286-287 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000356
(L.) Donnellan, (V.) Nizzo and (G.-J.) Burgers (eds) Conceptualising Early Colonisation. Brussels: Belgisch Historisch Instituut te Rome, 2016. €75. Pp. 246. 9789074461825. Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, pp. 287-288 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000368
(G.R.) Tsetskhladze (ed.) The Black Sea, Paphlagonia, Pontus and Phrygia in Antiquity: Aspects of Archaeology and Ancient History. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2012. Pp xvi + 356. £52. 9781407310312. John Brendan Knight, pp. 288-290 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691800037X
(C.M.) Draycott and (M.) Stamatopoulou (eds) Dining and Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the ‘Funerary Banquet’ in Ancient Art, Burial and Ritual (Colloquia Antiqua 16). Leuven: Peeters, 2016. Pp. xxxviii + 690. €110. 9789042932417. Fiona Hobden, pp. 290-291 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000381
(K.) Lorenz Ancient Mythological Images and Their Interpretation: An Introduction to Iconology, Semiotics and Image Studies in Classical Art History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xiv + 288. £59.99/ £19.99 9780521195089/9780521139724. Michael Squire, pp. 292-293 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000393
(M.D.) Fullerton Greek Sculpture. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. Pp. xxvii + 351. £96.50/£44.50. 9781444339802/9781444339796. Helle Hochscheid, pp. 293-294 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691800040X
(E.) Bartman The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture 3: The Ideal Sculpture. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2017. Pp. 208. £75. 9781781383100. Glenys Davies, pp. 294-295 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000411
Philosophy
(F.) Trabattoni Essays on Plato's Epistemology. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2016. Pp. 308. €80. 9789462700598. Zina Giannopoulou, pp. 295-296 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000423
(L.) Dean-Jones and (R.) Rosen (eds) Ancient Concepts of the Hippocratic: Papers Presented at the XIIIth International Hippocrates Colloquium, Austin, Texas, August 2008. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. Pp. x + 474. €150. 9789004307407. Barbara Zipser, pp. 296-297 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000435
(A.) Longo and (D.P.) Taormina (eds) Plotinus and Epicurus: Matter, Perception, Pleasure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xvii + 236. £64.99. 9781107124219. David J. Yount, pp. 297-298 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000447
(Κ.J.) Fleischer Dionysios von Alexandria, De Natura (περὶ φύσεως): Übersetzung, Kommentar und Würdigung, mit einer Einleitung zur Geschichte des Epikureismus in Alexandria. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016. Pp. 513. €100. 9782503566382. Lincoln H. Blumell, Zakarias D. Gram, pp. 299-300 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000459
(E.) Pachoumi The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri (Studien in Texte zu Antike und Christentum 102). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017. Pp. 258. €79. 9783161540189. Flor Herrero Valdes, pp. 300-301 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000460
(M.D.) Litwa Refutation of All Heresies: Translated with an Introduction and Notes (Writings from the Graeco-Roman World 40). Atlanta: SBL Press, 2016. Pp. lix + 824. $99.95. 9780884140856. Richard Flower, pp. 301-302 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000472
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
(A.) Kaldellis Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians: Texts in Translation, with Introductions and Notes. London and New York: Routledge, 2015. Pp. vi + 188. $120. 9780415732321. Vasiliki Zali, pp. 302-303 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000484
Reception and History of Scholarship
(A.) Faulkner, (A.) Vergados and (A.) Schwab (eds) The Reception of the Homeric Hymns. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. 432. £90. 9780198728788. Leanna Boychenko, pp. 303-304 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000496
(J.) Monfasani Greek Scholars between East and West in the Fifteenth Century. Abingdon: Routledge (Ashgate), 2016. Pp. 320. £95. 9781472451538 Jeroen de Keyser, pp. 304-305 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000502
(M.W.) Padilla Classical Myth in Four Films of Alfred Hitchcock. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2016. Pp. 295. £70. 9781498529150. Juliette Harrisson, pp. 305-306 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000514
(R.) Wyles and (E.) Hall (eds) Women Classical Scholars: Unsealing the Fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. xviii + 465. £80. 9780198725206. Claire Millington, pp. 307-308 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000526
Linguistics
(K.) Bentein Verbal Periphrasis in Ancient Greek: Have- and Be-Constructions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. xvi + 392. £75. 9780198747093. Evert van Emde Boas, pp. 308-309 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426918000538
Index of Books Reviewed, pp. 310-311