THE CLASSICAL REVIEW Volume 69 - Issue 02 - October 2019
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reviews
DIALOGUES ON THE RECEPTION OF HOMER'S ILIAD – (J.) Haywood, (N.) Mac Sweeney Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War. Dialogues on Tradition. Pp. x + 224, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Cased, £85. ISBN: 978-1-350-01268-4. Tobias Myers The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 353 – 355 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000477 Published Online on 17 May 2019
A MODERN VERSION OF THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES – (K.) Vail Reconstructing the Shield of Achilles. Pp. 189, colour ills. Los Angeles: Story Merchant Books, 2018. Paper, US$29.99. ISBN: 978-0-9991621-8-7. Andrew S. Becker The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 355 – 356 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001367 Published Online on 9 July 2019
TEXT, PERFORMANCE AND EARLY GREEK LYRIC – (F.) Budelmann, (T.) Phillips (edd.) Textual Events. Performance and the Lyric in Early Greece. Pp. xii + 315. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £65, US$85. ISBN: 978-0-19-880582-3. Alexandre Johnston The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 357 – 360 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900088X Published Online on 17 May 2019
THE TEXT OF SOLON'S LAWS – (D.F.) Leão, (P.J.) Rhodes The Laws of Solon. A New Edition with Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Pp. xiv + 210. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2015. Cased, £70, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-78076-853-3. Kelcy Sagstetter The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 360 – 361 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001033 Published Online on 28 June 2019
THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHERS IN ANTIQUITY – (J.) Bryan, (R.) Wardy, (J.) Warren (edd.) Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy. Pp. xiv + 370. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £90, US$125. ISBN: 978-1-316-51004-9. Lucas Angioni The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 362 – 364 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001380 Published Online on 1 July 2019
MELISSUS OF SAMOS – (B.) Harriman Melissus and Eleatic Monism. Pp. xii + 242. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-108-41633-7. Sosseh Assaturian The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 365 – 366 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000921 Published Online on 17 May 2019
A SURVEY OF ORPHIC TRADITION – (D.A.) Meisner Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods. Pp. xii + 318. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £55, US$85. ISBN: 978-0-19-066352-0. Anna Lucia Furlan The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 367 – 369 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001276 Published Online on 25 June 2019
CRITIAS AS WRITER AND POLITICIAN – (J.) Yvonneau (ed.) La Muse au long couteau. Critias, de la création littéraire au terrorisme d’État. Actes du colloque international de Bordeaux, les 23 et 24 octobre 2009. (Scripta Antiqua 107.) Pp. 216, ill. Bordeaux: Ausonius, 2018. Paper, €25. ISBN: 978-2-35613202-4. Jean-François Pradeau The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 369 – 370 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000210 Published Online on 6 March 2019
THE AUDIENCE OF GREEK MEDICAL LITERATURE – (P.) Bouras-Vallianatos, (S.) Xenophontos (edd.) Greek Medical Literature and its Readers. From Hippocrates to Islam and Byzantium. Pp. xii + 239, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Cased, £115, US$144.95. ISBN: 978-1-4724-8791-9. George Kazantzidis The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 370 – 373 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001331 Published Online on 1 July 2019
FRAGMENTS OF GREEK TRAGEDY – (M.) Wright The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy. Volume 1: Neglected Authors. Pp. xxx + 277. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Paper, £21.99 (Cased, £85). ISBN: 978-1-4725-6775-8 (978-1-4725-6776-5 hbk). – (M.) Wright The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy. Volume 2: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Pp. xii + 308. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Paper, £19.99, US$26.95 (Cased, £65, US$88). ISBN: 978-1-4742-7647-4 (978-1-4742-7646-7 hbk). Daniel Anderson The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 373 – 377 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001021 Published Online on 17 June 2019
THE MATERIAL ASPECT OF GREEK TRAGEDY – (M.) Telò, (M.) Mueller (edd.) The Materialities of Greek Tragedy. Objects and Affect in Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Pp. xii + 302, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Cased, £85, US$114. ISBN: 978-1-350-02879-1. Aara Suksi The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 377 – 380 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000830 Published Online on 9 May 2019
ANTIGONE AND ITS CONTEXT – (D.) Stuttard (ed.) Looking at Antigone. Pp. x + 247. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Cased, £85, US$114. ISBN: 978-1-350-01711-5. Theodore Koulouris The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 380 – 383 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001203 Published Online on 25 June 2019
AN INTERPRETATION OF A SATYR PLAY – (C.A.) Shaw Euripides: Cyclops. A Satyr Play. Pp. xiv + 158, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Cased, £85. ISBN: 978-1-4742-4579-1. Andrea Giannotti The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 383 – 385 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000349 Published Online on 21 March 2019
COMEDY AND RELIGION IN ARISTOPHANES – (F.) Barrenechea Comedy and Religion in Classical Athens. Narratives of Religious Experiences in Aristophanes’ Wealth. Pp. xii + 201, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £75, US$105. ISBN: 978-1-107-19116-7. Stephanie Nelson The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 385 – 387 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000519 Published Online on 22 July 2019
VIEWS ON HERODOTUS AND FORNARA – (T.) Harrison, (E.) Irwin (edd.) Interpreting Herodotus. Pp. xviii + 425, ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £90, US$115. ISBN: 978-0-19-880361-4. David Branscome The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 388 – 390 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001112 Published Online on 25 June 2019
ΠΟΙΕΙΝ ΤΕΧΝΑΣ ΤΟΙΣ ΝΟΜΟΙΣ – (C.) Carey, (I.) Giannadaki, (B.) Griffith-Williams (edd.) Use and Abuse of Law in the Athenian Courts. (Mnemosyne Supplements 419.) Pp. xvi + 385. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2019. Cased, €110, US$132. ISBN: 978-90-04-37787-5. Kyriaco Nikias The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 391 – 393 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900074X Published Online on 9 May 2019
PLATO'S REPUBLIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEOLOGY – (A.) Payne The Teleology of Action in Plato's Republic. Pp. viii + 240. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Cased, £45. ISBN: 978-0-19-879902-3. Catherine McKeen The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 393 – 395 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000428 Published Online on 9 May 2019
PLATO ON SOCRATES – (M.A.) Ralkowski Plato's Trial of Athens. Pp. x + 234. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Cased, £85, US$114. ISBN: 978-1-4742-2724-7. Claudia Marsico The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 396 – 398 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001392 Published Online on 1 July 2019
EROTIC THEMES IN PLATO – (L.) Brisson, (O.) Renaut (edd.) Érotique et politique chez Platon. Erôs, genre et sexualité dans la cité platonicienne. Pp. 274. Sankt Augustin: Academia Verlag, 2017. Paper, €29.50. ISBN: 978-3-89665-725-1. Ken Moore The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 398 – 401 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000738 Published Online on 9 May 2019
THE TIMAEUS IN LATIN – (C.) Hoenig Plato's Timaeus and the Latin Tradition. Pp. xviii + 331. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £75, US$105. ISBN: 978-1-108-41580-4. George Karamanolis The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 401 – 403 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000635 Published Online on 15 April 2019
NECESSITY IN ARISTOTLE – (S.) Delcomminette Aristote et la nécessité. Pp. 645. Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 2018. Paper, €45. ISBN: 978-2-7116-2736-3. Paolo Fait The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 403 – 405 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001100 Published Online on 3 July 2019
THE UTILITY OF CONTEMPLATION IN ARISTOTLE – (M.D.) Walker Aristotle on the Uses of Contemplation. Pp. x + 261. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-108-42110-2. R. Kathleen Harbin The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 405 – 407 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900101X Published Online on 27 May 2019
THEOPHRASTUS’ DISCUSSION OF WINDS – (R.) Mayhew (ed., trans.) Theophrastus of Eresus: On Winds. (Philosophia Antiqua 147.) Pp. x + 374. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €165, US$190. ISBN: 978-90-04-35182-0. Joanna Komorowska The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 408 – 409 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001197 Published Online on 1 July 2019
THE EPIGRAM AND ITS CONTEXTS – (F.) Cairns Hellenistic Epigram. Contexts of Exploration. Pp. xviii + 516. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Cased, £78.99, US$126. ISBN: 978-1-107-16850-3. Maria Kanellou The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 410 – 412 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900026X Published Online on 11 April 2019
A NEW EDITION OF THE EPIGRAMS OF CRINAGORAS – (M.) Ypsilanti The Epigrams of Crinagoras of Mytilene. Introduction, Text, Commentary. Pp. xii + 578. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £100, US$130. ISBN: 978-0-19-956582-5. Taylor S. Coughlan The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 412 – 414 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000313 Published Online on 29 March 2019
JOSEPHUS’ JEWISH WAR – (M.) Hammond (trans.) Josephus: The Jewish War. With an Introduction and Notes by Martin Goodman. Pp. xlvi + 562, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Paper, £10.99, US$15.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-964602-9. – (S.) Mason A History of the Jewish War, a.d. 66–74. Pp. xii + 689, figs, ills, maps. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Cased, £89.99, US$150. ISBN: 978-0-521-85329-3. David A. Friedman The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 415 – 419 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001318 Published Online on 28 June 2019
PLUTARCH'S USE OF THE PERSICA AUTHORS – (E.) Almagor Plutarch and the Persica. Pp. xx + 332, figs. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018. Cased, £85. ISBN: 978-0-7486-4555-8. Eduard Rung, Aleksandr Sapogov The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 419 – 421 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000532 Published Online on 10 April 2019
NEW STUDIES ON THE GREEK NOVEL – (S.) Schwartz From Bedroom to Courtroom. Law and Justice in the Greek Novel. (Ancient Narrative Supplementum 21.) Pp. xiv + 270. Groningen: Barkhuis & Groningen University Library, 2016. Cased, €90. ISBN: 978-94-92444-08-0. – (T.) Whitmarsh Dirty Love. The Genealogy of the Ancient Greek Novel. Pp. xviii + 201. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £32.99, US$44.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-974265-3. Yvona Trnka-Amrhein The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 421 – 425 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000714 Published Online on 3 June 2019
AN OVERVIEW OF THE SECOND SOPHISTIC – (D.S.) Richter, (W.A.) Johnson (edd.) The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic. Pp. xii + 758, ills. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Cased, £97, US$150. ISBN: 978-0-19-983747-2. Sonia Pertsinidis The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 425 – 428 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900009X Published Online on 18 February 2019
AN INTRODUCTION TO LUCIAN – (M.) Baumbach, (P.) Von Möllendorff Ein literarischer Prometheus. Lukian aus Samosata und die Zweite Sophistik. Pp. 269. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2017. Paper, €26. ISBN: 978-3-8253-6460-1. Maria Pretzler The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 428 – 430 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000179 Published Online on 21 March 2019
GALEN AND BLACK BILE – (K.A.) Stewart Galen's Theory of Black Bile. Hippocratic Tradition, Manipulation, Innovation. (Studies in Ancient Medicine 51.) Pp. x + 178. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2019. Cased, €94, US$113. ISBN: 978-90-04-38278-7. P.N. Singer The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 430 – 432 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001148 Published Online on 25 June 2019
CASSIUS DIO REVISITED – (V.) Fromentin, (E.) Bertrand, (M.) Coltelloni-Trannoy, (M.) Molin, (G.) Urso (edd.) Cassius Dion: nouvelles lectures. In two volumes. (Scripta Antiqua 94.) Pp. 881. Bordeaux: Ausonius, 2016. Paper, €45. ISBN: 978-2-35613-175-1. Christopher Burden-Strevens The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 432 – 436 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000088 Published Online on 18 February 2019
QUINTUS SMYRNAEUS’ POSTHOMERICA – (T.) Scheijnen Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica. A Study of Heroic Characterization and Heroism. (Mnemosyne Supplements 421.) Pp. xviii + 393, colour figs. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €138, US$166. ISBN: 978-90-04-37343-3. Bellini Boyten The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 436 – 438 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001252 Published Online on 27 June 2019
LETTERS OF ADVICE THROUGH THE CENTURIES – (É.) Gavoille, (F.) Guillaumont (edd.) Conseiller, diriger par lettre. Pp. 584. Tours: Presses Universitaires François-Rabelais, 2017. Paper, €22. ISBN: 978-2-86906-424-9. Antonia Sarri The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 439 – 441 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000015 Published Online on 25 January 2019
VIOLENCE IN ROMAN LITERATURE – (M.R.) Gale, (J.H.D.) Scourfield (edd.) Texts and Violence in the Roman World. Pp. xvi + 384. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-107-02714-5. Kyle Gervais The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 441 – 444 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000490 Published Online on 29 March 2019
MAGIC IN HELLENISTIC AND IMPERIAL LITERATURE – (M.) Reif De arte magorum. Erklärung und Deutung ausgewählter Hexenszenen bei Theokrit, Vergil, Horaz, Ovid, Seneca und Lucan unter Berücksichtigung des Ritualaufbaus und der Relation zu den Zauberpapyri. (Hypomnemata 203.) Pp. 511. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016. Cased, €100. ISBN: 978-3-525-20873-1. Leonardo Costantini The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 444 – 446 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000040 Published Online on 23 January 2019
ROMAN ORATORY REDISCOVERED – (C.) Gray, (A.) Balbo, (R.M.A.) Marshall, (C.E.W.) Steel (edd.) Reading Republican Oratory. Reconstructions, Contexts, Receptions. Pp. xiv + 366, figs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £80, US$105. ISBN: 978-0-19-878820-1. Christopher S. van den Berg The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 446 – 449 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000702 Published Online on 14 May 2019
CICERO IN THE EARLY EMPIRE – (T.J.) Keeline The Reception of Cicero in the Early Roman Empire. The Rhetorical Schoolroom and the Creation of a Cultural Legend. Pp. xii + 375. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-108-42623-7. John Dugan The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 449 – 451 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000222 Published Online on 6 March 2019
CICERO AND THE REFORMATION – (C.P.E.) Springer Cicero in Heaven. The Roman Rhetor and Luther's Reformation. Pp. xxii + 291. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €125, US$144. ISBN: 978-90-04-35515-6. Kai Bremer The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 451 – 453 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000039 Published Online on 28 January 2019
THE FIRST EDITION OF LUCRETIUS REPRODUCED – (M.) Beretta (ed.) Lucrezio. De Rerum Natura, Editio Princeps (1472–73). Pp. 62 + 208. Bologna: Bononia University Press, 2016. Paper, €150. ISBN: 978-88-6923-066-0. David Butterfield The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 453 – 454 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001161 Published Online on 9 July 2019
VIRGIL AND WORD ORDER – (P.) Dainotti Word Order and Expressiveness in the Aeneid. Translated by Ailsa Campbell. (Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte 121.) Pp. xii + 294, fig. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2015. Cased, £97.99, US$182, €129.95. ISBN: 978-3-11-038422-2. Adam Gitner The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 455 – 457 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900012X Published Online on 6 March 2019
CHIASTIC PATTERNS IN THE AENEID – (D.) Quint Virgil's Double Cross. Design and Meaning in the Aeneid. Pp. xxiv + 218. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2018. Paper, £27, US$35 (Cased, £58, US$75). ISBN: 978-0-691-17938-4 (978-0-691-17937-7 hbk). Nandini B. Pandey The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 457 – 459 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000489 Published Online on 11 April 2019
GRATTIUS AS AN AUGUSTAN POET – (S.J.) Green (ed., trans.) Grattius. Hunting an Augustan Poet. Pp. x + 286. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £60, US$80. ISBN: 978-0-19-878901-7. Patrick Glauthier The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 459 – 462 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001124 Published Online on 27 June 2019
CONTENT AND FORM IN CELSUS’ DE MEDICINA – (A.) Gautherie Rhétorique et thérapeutique dans le De medicina de Celse. (Recherches sur les Rhétoriques Religieuses 25.) Pp. iv + 492. Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. Paper, €85. ISBN: 978-2-503-56919-2. Helene Perdicoyianni-Paleologou The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 462 – 464 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001057 Published Online on 28 June 2019
CAMPANIA AND FLAVIAN LITERATURE – (A.) Augoustakis, (R.J.) Littlewood (edd.) Campania in the Flavian Poetic Imagination. Pp. xviii + 330, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Cased, £75, US$105. ISBN: 978-0-19-880774-2. Tommaso Spinelli The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 464 – 467 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900129X Published Online on 28 June 2019
A COMMENTARY ON ‘HANNIBAL AD PORTAS’ – (J.R.) Telg Genannt Kortmann (ed., trans.) Hannibal ad portas. Silius Italicus, Punica 12,507–752. Einleitung, Übersetzung und Kommentar. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2018. Cased, €78. ISBN: 978-3-8253-6868-5. Simone Finkmann The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 467 – 469 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000763 Published Online on 9 May 2019
THE ‘ANONYMOUS’ JUVENAL – (T.) Geue Juvenal and the Poetics of Anonymity. Pp. xiv + 352. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-108-41634-4. David H.J. Larmour The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 470 – 471 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001343 Published Online on 28 June 2019
JUVENAL AND ANXIETY – (C.) Nappa Making Men Ridiculous. Juvenal and the Anxieties of the Individual. Pp. xii + 224. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018. Cased, US$75. ISBN: 978-0-472-13066-5. Biagio Santorelli The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 472 – 473 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000568 Published Online on 15 April 2019
AN UPDATED VIEW OF ANNALS 4 – (A.J.) Woodman (ed.) The Annals of Tacitus. Book 4. (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries 58.) Pp. xxii + 349. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £84.99, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-108-41961-1. Ellen O'Gorman The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 474 – 476 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000337 Published Online on 29 March 2019
ANOTHER COMMENTARY ON TACITUS – (R.) Ash (ed.) Tacitus: Annals Book XV. Pp. xvi + 368, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Paper, £24.99, US$31.99 (Cased, £75, US$99.99). ISBN: 978-0-521-26939-1 (978-1-107-00978-3 hbk). Salvador Bartera The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 476 – 478 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900043X Published Online on 16 April 2019
THE CONCLUSION OF THE COMMENTARY ON AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS – (J.) Den Boeft, (J.W.) Drijvers, (D.) Den Hengst, (H.C.) Teitler Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXXI. Pp. xxvi + 362, maps. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €169, US$195. ISBN: 978-90-04-35381-7. Michael Hanaghan The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 478 – 480 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000908 Published Online on 17 June 2019
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORIA AUGUSTA – (E.) Savino Ricerche sull’Historia Augusta. Pp. xii + 341, b/w & colour ills. Naples: Naus Editoria, 2017. Paper, €50. ISBN: 978-88-7478-049-5. – (D.) Rohrbacher The Play of Allusion in the Historia Augusta. Pp. xiv + 246. Madison, WI and London: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2016. Paper, US$65. ISBN: 978-0-299-30600-7. Martin Shedd The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 480 – 484 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000660 Published Online on 3 June 2019
LATIN AND GREEK IN CHRISTIAN WRITINGS – (T.A.) Bergren A Latin–Greek Index of the Vulgate New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 403.) Pp. xii + 262. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018. Cased, €114. ISBN: 978-3-16-156024-8. Anna Persig The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 484 – 485 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001264 Published Online on 25 June 2019
LATE-ANTIQUE PREACHING – (A.) Dupont, (S.) Boodts, (G.) Partoens, (J.) Leemans (edd.) Preaching in the Patristic Era. Sermons, Preachers, and Audiences in the Latin West. (A New History of the Sermon 6.) Pp. xii + 541. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €199, US$240. ISBN: 978-90-04-34698-7. Ulriika Vihervalli The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 486 – 488 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000623 Published Online on 15 April 2019
VIEWS OF BARBARIANS – (E.) Jensen Barbarians in the Greek and Roman World. Pp. xiv + 296, ills, maps. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 2018. Paper, £13.99, US$16 (Cased, £41.99, US$48). ISBN: 978-1-62466-712-1 (978-1-62466-713-8 hbk). Thomas Anderson The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 489 – 490 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000581 Published Online on 15 April 2019
A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF ANCIENT BATTLES – (M.) Whitby, (H.) Sidebottom (edd.) Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles. In three volumes. Pp. 1,496, b/w & colour figs, ills, maps. Malden, MA and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. Cased, £350, €450. ISBN: 978-1-4051-8645-2 (hbk), 978-1-11909900-0 (online). Jason Crowley The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 491 – 493 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000283 Published Online on 25 March 2019
ANCIENT COMMUNICATION – (F.S.) Naiden, (R.J.A.) Talbert (edd.) Mercury's Wings. Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World. Pp. xxxiv + 419, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Cased, £61, US$85. ISBN: 978-0-19-538684-4. Michela Piccin The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 493 – 496 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900132X Published Online on 13 September 2019
LANDS AND POPULATIONS IN EARLY GREECE – (M.) Oller, (J.) Pàmias, (C.) Varias (edd.) Tierra, territorio y población en la Grecia Antigua: aspectos institucionales y míticos. In two volumes. Pp. xxii + 244 + viii + 265, b/w & colour ills. Mering: Utopica Verlag, 2017. Cased, €56. ISBN: 978-3-944735-00-9 (vol. 1), 978-3-944735-01-6 (vol. 2). Jorge A. Wong Medina The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 496 – 499 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001070 Published Online on 28 June 2019
MARITIME ACTIVITY AND THE ODYSSEY – (J.P.) Emanuel Black Ships and Sea Raiders. The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Context of Odysseus’ Second Cretan Lie. Pp. viii + 219, ills. Lanham, Boulder, New York and London: Lexington Books, 2017. Cased, £65, US$95. ISBN: 978-1-4985-7221-7. Assaf Yasur-Landau The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 499 – 501 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001215 Published Online on 28 June 2019
THE ART OF WARFARE IN ANCIENT GREECE – (G.) Wrightson Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece. From Homer to Alexander the Great and his Successors. Pp. xiv + 248, ills, maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2019. Cased, £115, US$140. ISBN: 978-1-138-57459-5. Gwyn Davies The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 501 – 503 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001306 Published Online on 28 June 2019
TYPES OF SLAVE SOCIETIES – (D.M.) Lewis Greek Slave Systems in their Eastern Mediterranean Context, c.800–146 bc. Pp. xii + 372. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £75, US$98.99. ISBN: 978-0-19-876994-1. Fábio Duarte Joly The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 503 – 505 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001288 Published Online on 27 June 2019
THE SYMPOSIUM-FEAST AND THE POLIS – (F.) Van den Eijnde, (J.H.) Blok, (R.) Strootman (edd.) Feasting and Polis Institutions. (Mnemosyne Supplements 414.) Pp. xiv + 384, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €121, US$146. ISBN: 978-90-04-35672-6. Cameron G. Pearson The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 506 – 508 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000362 Published Online on 1 April 2019
SPARTA AS SEEN BY THE ATHENIANS – (P.) Cartledge, (A.) Powell (edd.) The Greek Superpower. Sparta in the Self-Definitions of Athenians. Pp. x + 239. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales, 2018. Cased, £65. ISBN: 978-1-910589-63-2. Paul Christesen The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 509 – 511 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000787 Published Online on 27 May 2019
WAR AND DEMOCRACY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS – (D.M.) Pritchard Athenian Democracy at War. Pp. xxiv + 287, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Cased, £75, US$105. ISBN: 978-1-108-42291-8. Matteo Zaccarini The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 512 – 514 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000982 Published Online on 29 May 2019
NETWORKED DELOS – (C.) Constantakopoulou Aegean Interactions. Delos and its Networks in the Third Century. Pp. xviii + 331, figs, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Cased, £80, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-878727-3. Kathleen Garland The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 514 – 516 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000441 Published Online on 29 May 2019
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM – (K.R.) Moore (ed.) Brill's Companion to the Reception of Alexander the Great. (Brill's Companions to Classical Reception 14.) Pp. xxiv + 855, ills, map. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €189, US$218. ISBN: 978-90-04-28507-1. Richard Stoneman The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 516 – 519 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000520 Published Online on 22 April 2019
THE PELOPONNESE IN THE EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD – (D.G.J.) Shipley The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese. Politics, Economies, and Networks 338–197 bc. Pp. xxxii + 355, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-0-521-87369-7. Paul Vădan The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 519 – 521 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000027 Published Online on 25 January 2019
SPACE, MOVEMENT AND GENDER IN ANCIENT GREECE – (A.) Konstantinou Female Mobility and Gendered Space in Ancient Greek Myth. Pp. xiv + 189, ills, map. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Cased, £75, US$102. ISBN: 978-1-4742-5676-6. Diana Burton The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 522 – 523 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001239 Published Online on 25 June 2019
THE HISTORY OF PALMYRA – (M.) Sommer Palmyra. A History. Translated by Diana Sommer-Theohari. Pp. x + 274, figs, ills, maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Cased, £105, US$150. ISBN: 978-0-415-72002-1. Cynthia Finlayson The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 524 – 526 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000374 Published Online on 2 April 2019
POLITICAL THOUGHT AND ROME – (J.W.) Atkins Roman Political Thought. Pp. xviii + 239. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Paper, £19.99, US$26.99 (Cased, £61.99, US$84.99). ISBN: 978-1-107-51455-3 (978-1-107-10700-7 hbk). Julia Mebane The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 526 – 528 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000052 Published Online on 31 January 2019
MASS VIOLENCE IN REPUBLICAN ROME – (N.) Barrandon Les massacres de la République romaine. Pp. 441, ills, maps. Paris: Fayard, 2018. Paper, €23. ISBN: 978-2-213-67131-4. Dominik Maschek The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 528 – 530 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000842 Published Online on 27 May 2019
A COMPANION TO THE AGE OF NERO – (S.) Bartsch, (K.) Freudenburg, (C.) Littlewood (edd.) The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero. Pp. xx + 402, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Paper, £24.99, US$32.99 (Cased, £74.99, US$94.99). ISBN: 978-1-107-66923-9 (978-1-107-05220-8 hbk). Carlotta Montagna The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 530 – 533 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000325 Published Online on 29 March 2019
SABINA AUGUSTA – (T.C.) Brennan Sabina Augusta. An Imperial Journey. Pp. xxiv + 302, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £55, US$85. ISBN: 978-0-19-025099-7. Belinda Washington The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 533 – 535 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000878 Published Online on 17 May 2019
A BIOGRAPHY OF ROME – (R.) Taylor, (K.W.) Rinne, †(S.) Kostof Rome. An Urban History from Antiquity to the Present. Pp. xviii + 432, ills, maps. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Paper, £24.99, US$39.99 (Cased, £69.99, US$120). ISBN: 978-1-107-60149-9 (978-1-107-01399-5 hbk). Claire Holleran The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 536 – 537 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000155 Published Online on 6 March 2019
URBAN MANUFACTURING IN ROME – (C.) Hawkins Roman Artisans and the Urban Economy. Pp. xii + 307, figs, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Cased, £64.99, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-107-11544-6. Willem M. Jongman The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 538 – 540 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000131 Published Online on 6 March 2019
TRADE AROUND THE INDIAN OCEAN – (M.A.) Cobb Rome and the Indian Ocean Trade from Augustus to the Early Third Century ce. (Mnemosyne Supplements 418.) Pp. x + 355, colour ills, maps. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €116, US$140. ISBN: 978-90-04-37309-9. Roberta Tomber The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 540 – 542 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001136 Published Online on 25 June 2019
POWER, STATUS AND THE ROMAN PROVINCES – (R.) Varga, (V.) Rusu-Bolindeţ (edd.) Official Power and Local Elites in the Roman Provinces. Pp. xx + 193, figs, ills, maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2017. Cased, £95, US$145. ISBN: 978-1-4724-5731-8. Lucia F. Carbone The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 542 – 544 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000143 Published Online on 21 March 2019
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SLAVES AND MASTERS – (M.) Dondin-Payre, (N.) Tran (edd.) Esclaves et maîtres dans le monde romain. Expressions épigraphiques de leurs relations. (Collection de l’École Française de Rome 527.) Pp. iv + 410, ills. Rome: École Française de Rome, 2017. Paper, €36. ISBN: 978-2-7283-1240-5. Christer Bruun The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 545 – 547 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001227 Published Online on 1 July 2019
DISABILITY IN ROMAN ANTIQUITY – (C.) Laes Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World. A Social and Cultural History. Pp. xii + 238. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-107-16290-7. Lisa Trentin The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 547 – 549 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000209 Published Online on 21 March 2019
JEWISH CHILDREN IN ANTIQUITY – (H.) Sivan Jewish Childhood in the Roman World. Pp. xxxiv + 443, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £105, US$135. ISBN: 978-1-107-09017-0. Nikki K. Rollason The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 549 – 551 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900060X Published Online on 15 April 2019
SUNDIALS AND THEIR CULTURAL CONTEXT – (R.J.A.) Talbert Roman Portable Sundials. The Empire in your Hand. Pp. xxiv + 236, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Cased, £35.99, US$55. ISBN: 978-0-19-027348-4. James Evans The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 551 – 553 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000271 Published Online on 22 March 2019
CARACALLA'S EDICT – (A.) Imrie The Antonine Constitution. An Edict for the Caracallan Empire. (Impact of Empire 29.) Pp. xvi + 175, figs, colour ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €94, US$113. ISBN: 978-90-04-36822-4. Anna Dolganov The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 554 – 556 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000507 Published Online on 10 April 2019
ASPECTS OF ROMAN DAILY LIFE – (K.) Sessa Daily Life in Late Antiquity. Pp. x + 250, ills, map. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Paper, £21.99, US$29.99 (Cased, £71.99, US$99.99). ISBN: 978-0-521-14840-5 (978-0-521-76610-4 hbk). Alison John The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 556 – 558 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000684 Published Online on 9 May 2019
CONCEPTS OF VIRGINITY – (S.) Undheim Borderline Virginities. Sacred and Secular Virgins in Late Antiquity. Pp. xiv + 224. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Cased, £105, US$140. ISBN: 978-1-4724-8017-0. Jochen Schultheiss The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 558 – 560 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000465 Published Online on 22 April 2019
THE CLIMATE AND THE HISTORY OF ROME – (K.) Harper The Fate of Rome. Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire. Pp. xvi + 417, figs, ills, maps. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017. Cased, £27.95, US$35. ISBN: 978-0-691-16683-4. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 560 – 562 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000192 Published Online on 6 March 2019
EMPERORS IN LATE ANTIQUITY – (D.W.P.) Burgersdijk, (A.J.) Ross (edd.) Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire. (Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean 1.) Pp. xii + 353, colour ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2018. Cased, €129, US$156. ISBN: 978-90-04-37089-0. Christian Rollinger The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 563 – 565 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000891 Published Online on 17 May 2019
EMPERORS AND PANEGYRIC – (A.) Omissi Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire. Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy. Pp. xx + 348, ills, map. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £80, US$105. ISBN: 978-0-19-882482-4. Nicola Ernst The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 565 – 567 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001240 Published Online on 25 June 2019
ROME AND JUSTINIAN – (P.) Heather Rome Resurgent. War and Empire in the Age of Justinian. Pp. xiv + 393, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, US$29.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-936274-5. F.K. Haarer The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 568 – 570 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000106 Published Online on 24 January 2019
SPACE AND RELIGION IN NORTH AFRICA – (S.L.) Lander Ritual Sites and Religious Rivalries in Late Roman North Africa. Pp. xviii + 279, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-107-14694-5. Erika T. Hermanowicz The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 570 – 572 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000076 Published Online on 24 January 2019
EXCAVATIONS AT PETRAS – (M.) Tsipopoulou (ed.) Petras, Siteia. The Pre- and Proto-palatial Cemetery in Context. Acts of a Two-day Conference Held at the Danish Institute at Athens, 14–15 February 2015. (Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 21.) Pp. 446, figs, b/w & colour ills, maps. Athens / Aarhus: The Danish Institute at Athens / Aarhus University Press, 2017. Cased, DKK499.95. ISBN: 978-87-7184-157-2. Simona V. Todaro The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 572 – 575 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001045 Published Online on 1 July 2019
ARCHAEOLOGY AND RELIGION – (P.) Pakkanen, (S.) Bocher (eds.) Cult Material from Archaeological Deposits to Interpretation of Early Greek Religion. (Papers and Monographs of the Finnish Institute at Athens 21.) Pp. viii + 155, fig., ills, maps, colour pls. Helsinki: The Finnish Institute at Athens, 2015. Paper, €30. ISBN: 978-952-67211-9-4. Martha K. Risser The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 575 – 576 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000258 Published Online on 1 April 2019
EGYPT AND THE ‘CLASSICAL WORLD’ – (J.) Spier, (T.) Potts, (S.E.) Cole (edd.) Beyond the Nile. Egypt and the Classical World. Pp. 360, b/w & colour ills. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018. Cased, US$65. ISBN: 978-1-60606-551-8. Matthew Skuse The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 577 – 579 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000994 Published Online on 17 May 2019
THE SITE OF DURA-EUROPOS – (J.A.) Baird Dura-Europos. Pp. xviii + 221, ills, maps. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Paper, £19.99, US$26.95 (Cased, £65, US$88). ISBN: 978-1-4725-3087-5 (978-1-4725-2211-5 hbk). Caroline Arnould-Béhar The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 580 – 581 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000386 Published Online on 29 March 2019
PILGRIMAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY – (T.M.) Kristensen, (W.) Friese (edd.) Excavating Pilgrimage. Archaeological Approaches to Sacred Travel and Movement in the Ancient World. Pp. xiv + 291, ills, maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2017. Cased, £120, US$150. ISBN: 978-1-4724-5390-7. Alexander Meyer The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 581 – 584 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000453 Published Online on 29 March 2019
THE CHANGING FACES OF CORINTH – (A.R.) Brown Corinth in Late Antiquity. A Greek, Roman and Christian City. Pp. xxiv + 341, ills, maps. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2018. Cased, £69, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-78453-823-1. William Bowden The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 584 – 586 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000593 Published Online on 9 May 2019
BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOI FROM BERLIN – (N.) Zimmermann-Elseify (ed.) Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Deutschland. Berlin, Antikensammlung ehemals Antiquarium. Band 17. Attisch schwarzfigurige Lekythen. (Deutschland, Band 102.) Pp. 144, ills, b/w & colour pls. Munich: C.H. Beck, 2017. Cased, €98. ISBN: 978-3-406-71541-9. Thomas Mannack The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 586 – 589 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001082 Published Online on 22 July 2019
PERSPECTIVES ON CLASSICAL ARTWORKS – (C.) Vout Classical Art. A Life History from Antiquity to the Present. Pp. xiv + 359, b/w & colour ills. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2018. Cased, £30, US$39.50. ISBN: 978-0-691-17703-8. Jane Ainsworth The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 589 – 591 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001008 Published Online on 17 May 2019
MUSICIANS IN ANCIENT COROPLASTIC ART – (A.) Bellia, (C.) Marconi (edd.) Musicians in Ancient Coroplastic Art. Iconography, Ritual Contexts, and Functions. (Telestes 2.) Pp. 216, ills. Pisa and Rome: Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2016. Paper, €48. ISBN: 978-88-8147-458-5. C.-G. Alexandrescu The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 592 – 594 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000167 Published Online on 6 March 2019
THE ROLE OF THE FRAME IN ANCIENT ART – (V.) Platt, (M.) Squire (edd.) The Frame in Classical Art. A Cultural History. Pp. xxxviii + 697, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cased, £105, US$135. ISBN: 978-1-107-16236-5. Hérica Valladares The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 595 – 597 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000970 Published Online on 17 May 2019
THE EARLY DEVELOPMENTS AND MEANINGS OF GREEK PORTRAITS – (C.M.) Keesling Early Greek Portraiture. Monuments and Histories. Pp. xviii + 309, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-107-16223-5. Craig Hardiman The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 597 – 599 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001185 Published Online on 9 July 2019
THE LIVES AND ROLES OF ANCIENT GREEK ARTISTS – (K.) Seaman, (P.) Schultz (edd.) Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece. Pp. xvi + 242, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cased, £64.99, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-107-07446-0. Vladimir Stissi The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 600 – 602 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000180 Published Online on 6 March 2019
COLOUR IN ANCIENT ART – (P.) Jockey (ed.) Les arts de la couleur en Grèce ancienne … et ailleurs. Approches interdisciplinaires. (BCH Supplément 56.) Pp. 508, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills, maps. Athens: École Française d'Athènes, 2018. Paper, €80. ISBN: 978-2-86958-290-3. Hariclia Brecoulaki The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 602 – 605 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000945 Published Online on 27 May 2019
ANCIENT ART AND GENDER ISSUES – †(R.J.) Barrow Gender, Identity and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture. Prepared for publication by Michael Silk with the assistance of Jaś Elsner, Sebastian Matzner and Michael Squire. Pp. xviii + 225, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £75, US$105. ISBN: 978-1-107-03954-4. Seth Estrin The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 605 – 607 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000854 Published Online on 17 May 2019
ENGRAVED GEMS AND ANIMALS – (I.) Sagiv Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems. Meanings and Interpretations. Pp. viii + 185, b/w & colour ills. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2018. Paper, £35. ISBN: 978-1-78491-869-9. Árpád M. Nagy The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 607 – 609 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000751 Published Online on 17 May 2019
EARLY CHRISTIAN ART – (R.M.) Jensen, (M.D.) Ellison (edd.) The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art. Pp. xxiv + 398, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Cased, £175, US$220. ISBN: 978-1-138-85722-3. Gabriela E. Ingle The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 609 – 612 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000933 Published Online on 20 May 2019
BABYLONIAN PHILOSOPHY – (M.) Van de Mieroop Philosophy before the Greeks. The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia. Pp. viii + 297. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Paper, £20, US$24.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-17635-2. Michela Piccin The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 612 – 614 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001410 Published Online on 27 June 2019
ASPECTS OF POPULAR CULTURE IN ANTIQUITY – (L.) Grig (ed.) Popular Culture in the Ancient World. Pp. x + 369, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cased, £78.99, US$105. ISBN: 978-1-107-07489-7. Rosie Jackson The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 615 – 617 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900115X Published Online on 28 June 2019
MYTHS AND LANDSCAPES – (G.) Hawes (ed.) Myths on the Map. The Storied Landscapes of Ancient Greece. Pp. xviii + 332, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Cased, £75, US$105. ISBN: 978-0-19-874477-1. Amelia R. Brown The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 618 – 621 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000295 Published Online on 25 March 2019
MUSIC IN ANTIQUITY – (A.) Garcia-Ventura, (C.) Tavolieri, (L.) Verderame (edd.) The Study of Musical Performance in Antiquity. Archaeology and Written Sources. Pp. xii + 260, ills, maps. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. Cased, £61.99. ISBN: 978-1-5275-0658-9. James Grier The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 621 – 623 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000350 Published Online on 5 April 2019
EXPERIENCES OF SEA TRAVEL IN THE ANCIENT WORLD – (M.) Baumann, (S.) Froehlich (edd.) Auf segelbeflügelten Schiffen das Meer befahren. Das Erlebnis der Schiffsreise im späten Hellenismus und in der Römischen Kaiserzeit. In Zusammenarbeit mit Jens Börstinghaus. (Philippika 119.) Pp. xii + 416, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2018. Cased, €98. ISBN: 978-3-447-10971-0. Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 623 – 626 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000647 Published Online on 16 April 2019
COIN FINDS AND THE PELOPONNESE – (C.) Doyen (ed.) Coins in the Peloponnese. Proceedings of the Sixth Scientific Meeting of the Friends of the Numismatic Museum, Argos, May 26–29, 2011. Volume 1: Ancient Times. Volume 2: Byzantine and Modern Times. (BCH Supplément 57.) Pp. 527 + 285, figs, ills, maps. Athens: École Française d'Athènes, 2017. Paper, €90. ISBN: 978-2-86958-279-8. N.K. Rutter The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 626 – 629 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000799 Published Online on 14 May 2019
TEXTS ON THE MEMNON COLOSSUS – (P.A.) Rosenmeyer The Language of Ruins. Greek and Latin Inscriptions on the Memnon Colossus. Pp. xx + 265, maps, pls. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £55, US$85. ISBN: 978-0-19-062631-0. Rodney Ast The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 629 – 631 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001094 Published Online on 25 June 2019
SHOES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD – (S.) Pickup, (S.) Waite (edd.) Shoes, Slippers, and Sandals. Feet and Footwear in Classical Antiquity. Pp. xviii + 337, figs, ills, map. London and New York: Routledge, 2019. Cased, £115, US$140. ISBN: 978-1-4724-8876-3. Lena Larsson Lovén The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 631 – 634 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000969 Published Online on 27 May 2019
TEXTILES IN LATE ANTIQUITY – (T.K.) Thomas (ed.) Designing Identity. The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Pp. 160, b/w & colour ills, colour map. New York / Princeton and Oxford: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University / Princeton University Press, 2016. Paper, £22.95, US$29.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-16942-2. Frances Pritchard The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 634 – 636 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000416 Published Online on 9 May 2019
SHAKESPEARE AND REPUBLICAN ROME – (P.) Gray Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic. Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War. Pp. xii + 308. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019. Cased, £80. ISBN: 978-1-4744-2745-6. Paul Innes The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 636 – 638 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900091X Published Online on 27 May 2019
SHAKESPEARE, NIETZSCHE AND THE DECLINE AND FALL OF ROME – (P.A.) Cantor Shakespeare's Roman Trilogy. The Twilight of the Ancient World. Pp. vi + 302. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2017. Paper, £22.50, US$30 (Cased, £70, $90). ISBN: 978-0-226-46251-6 (978-0-226-46248-6 hbk). Patrick Gray The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 638 – 640 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001379 Published Online on 9 July 2019
CLASSICS AND NEW ENGLAND – (D.A.) Lupher Greeks, Romans, and Pilgrims. Classical Receptions in Early New England. (Early American History Series 7.) Pp. x + 427. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2017. Cased, €167, US$192. ISBN: 978-90-04-35117-2. Laurie Wilson The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 640 – 642 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000301 Published Online on 25 March 2019
REACTIONS TO ANCIENT GREECE – (K.) Harloe, (N.) Momigliano, (A.) Farnoux (edd.) Hellenomania. (British School at Athens, Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies 5.) Pp. xviii + 332, ills, colour pls. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Cased, £115, US$144.95. ISBN: 978-1-138-24324-8. Rosa Andújar The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 642 – 645 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000556 Published Online on 17 April 2019
FROM ANTIQUITY TO FRANKENSTEIN – (J.) Weiner, (B.E.) Stevens, (B.M.) Rogers (edd.) Frankenstein and its Classics. The Modern Prometheus from Antiquity to Science Fiction. Pp. xiv + 273, ills, maps. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Paper, £21.99, US$29.95 (Cased, £65, US$88). ISBN: 978-1-350-05487-5 (978-1-350-05488-2 hbk). Camilla Jackson The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 645 – 647 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000659 Published Online on 9 May 2019
VICTORIAN BURLESQUES AND HOMER – (R.) Bryant Davies Victorian Epic Burlesques. A Critical Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Theatrical Entertainments after Homer. Pp. xii + 284, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Cased, £85, US$114. ISBN: 978-1-350-02717-6. Jim Davis The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 647 – 649 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001355 Published Online on 28 June 2019
READING TALES FROM ANTIQUITY IN CHILDHOOD – (S.) Murnaghan, (D.H.) Roberts Childhood and the Classics. Britain and America, 1850–1965. Pp. xvi + 336, ills, colour pls. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Cased, £80, US$105. ISBN: 978-0-19-958347-8. Elizabeth A. Galway The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 649 – 651 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000775 Published Online on 9 May 2019
CLASSICS AND SOUTH AFRICA – (G.) Parker (ed.) South Africa, Greece, Rome. Classical Confrontations. Pp. xxii + 544, ills, colour pls. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cased, £110, US$140. ISBN: 978-1-107-10081-7. J.H.D. Scourfield The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 652 – 655 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001069 Published Online on 25 June 2019
JORGE LUIS BORGES AND THE CLASSICS – (L.) Jansen Borges’ Classics. Global Encounters with the Graeco-Roman Past. Pp. xxii + 174, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Cased, £75. ISBN: 978-1-108-41840-9. Roberto González Echevarría The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 655 – 657 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000064 Published Online on 24 January 2019
BEAT WRITERS AND THE CLASSICS – (S.) Murnaghan, (R.M.) Rosen (edd.) Hip Sublime. Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition. Pp. x + 292. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2018. Cased, US$79.95. ISBN: 978-0-8142-1355-1. Florence Impens The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 657 – 659 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000957 Published Online on 27 May 2019
FELLINI AND ROME – (A.) Carrera Fellini's Eternal Rome. Paganism and Christianity in the Films of Federico Fellini. Pp. xii + 186. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Cased, £75, US$102. ISBN: 978-1-4742-9761-5. Mark Le Fanu The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 659 – 661 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001409 Published Online on 27 June 2019
THE CLASSICS AND MODERN FANTASY – (B.M.) Rogers, (B.E.) Stevens (edd.) Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy. Pp. x + 367, ills. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Paper, £27.99, US$36.95 (Cased, £79, US$105). ISBN: 978-0-19-061006-7 (978-0-19-061005-0 hbk). Dunstan Lowe The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 661 – 664 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001173 Published Online on 3 July 2019
RECOVERED INFORMATION ABOUT RHODES – (N.) Badoud Inscriptions et timbres céramiques de Rhodes. Documents recueillis par le médecin et explorateur suédois Johan Hedenborg (1786–1865). (Skrifter Utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen 4°, 57.) Pp. 98, b/w & colour ills, colour pls. Stockholm: Svenska Institutet i Athen, 2017. Cased, SEK530. ISBN: 978-91-7916-065-4. Nicholas K. Rauh The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 664 – 666 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000696 Published Online on 9 May 2019
CLASSICS AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM – (V.) Losemann Klio und die Nationalsozialisten. Gesammelte Schriften zur Wissenschafts- und Rezeptionsgeschichte. Herausgegeben von Claudia Deglau, Patrick Reinard und Kai Ruffing. (Philippika 106.) Pp. xvii + 311, ills. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2017. Paper, €68. ISBN: 978-3-447-10771-6. Helen Roche The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 666 – 667 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000118 Published Online on 25 January 2019
TEACHING CLASSICS – (A.) Holmes-Henderson, (S.) Hunt, (M.) Musié (edd.) Forward with Classics. Classical Languages in Schools and Communities. Pp. xviii + 276, fig., ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Paper, £29.99, US$40.95 (Cased, £95, US$128). ISBN: 978-1-4742-9767-7 (978-1-4742-9595-6 hbk). Jessica Coatesworth The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 668 – 669 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000398 Published Online on 22 March 2019
Notices
(A.) Verity (trans.) Homer: The Odyssey. With an Introduction and Notes by William Allan. Pp. xxx + 354, map. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Paper, £7.99, US$12.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-873647-9. Alexander Beecroft The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 671 – 672 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000805 Published Online on 9 May 2019
(A.) Brown (ed., trans.) Aeschylus: Libation Bearers. Pp. vi + 480. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2018. Paper, £24.95 (Cased, £85). ISBN: 978-1-78694-099-5 (978-1-78694-098-8 hbk). Isabella Reinhardt The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 672 – 673 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000544 Published Online on 29 March 2019
(A.) Hinds (trans.) Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis. Two versions of Euripides’ masterpiece. With Martine Cuypers. Pp. 187. London: Oberon Books, 2017. Paper, £14.99. ISBN: 978-1-78682-135-5. – (A.) Hinds (trans.) Aeschylus’ The Oresteia. With Martine Cuypers. Pp. 238. London: Oberon Books, 2017. Paper, £14.99. ISBN: 978-1-78682-133-1. Marchella Ward The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 673 – 675 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000817 Published Online on 27 June 2019
(R.) Hadas (trans.) Euripides: the Iphigenia Plays. New Verse Translations. Pp. xxii + 152. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2018. Paper, US$18.95. ISBN: 978-0-8101-3723-3. Virgilio Irmici The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 675 – 676 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000611 Published Online on 9 May 2019
(S.M.) Braund Understanding Latin Literature. Second edition. Pp. xviii + 220, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2017 (first edition 2001). Paper, £32.99, US$39.95 (Cased, £120, US$150). ISBN: 978-1-138-64539-4 (978-1-138-64540-0 hbk). Paul Michael Arena The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 676 – 677 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19000866 Published Online on 27 May 2019
(K.A.) Raaflaub (ed., trans.) The Landmark Julius Caesar. The Complete Works: Gallic War, Civil War, Alexandrian War, African War, and Spanish War. Pp. xcii + 804, ills, colour maps. New York: Pantheon Books, 2017. Cased, US$50. ISBN: 978-0-307-37786-9. Luca Grillo The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 677 – 678 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X1900057X Published Online on 15 April 2019
Books received
Books Received The Classical Review, Volume 69 / Issue 2, October 2019, pp 679 – 690 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X19001422 Published Online on 13 September 2019