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DIGITAL APPROACHES TO INVESTIGATING SPACE AND PLACE IN CLASSICAL STUDIES Elton Barker, Chiara Palladino, Shai Gordin The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 1 - 19 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002858 Published Online on 29 January 2024
Reviews
POETRY OF NUMBERS IN GRAECO-ROMAN LITERATURE - (M.) Leventhal Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity. Pp. xii + 231. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Paper, £29.99, US$39.99 (Cased, £74.99, US$99.99). ISBN: 978-1-009-12417-1 (978-1-009-12304-4 hbk). Open Access. Markus Asper The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 21 - 23 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002263 Published Online on 20 November 2023
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GREEK AND LATIN EPIC - (K.) Carvounis, (S.) Papaioannou, (G.) Scafoglio (edd.) Later Greek Epic and the Latin Literary Tradition. Further Explorations. (Trends in Classics Supplementary Volume 136.) Pp. viii + 216. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £100.50, €109.95, US$114.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-079179-2. Fotini Hadjittofi The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 23 - 26 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001622 Published Online on 4 September 2023
AMAZONS IN EPIC - (S.) Borowski Penthesilea und ihre Schwestern. Amazonenepisoden als Bauform des Heldenepos. (The Language of Classical Literature 35.) Pp. x + 174. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, US$119, €99. ISBN: 978-90-04-47272-3. Christine Lehnen The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 26 - 28 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001993 Published Online on 17 November 2023
DESCRIPTIONS OF CATABASIS - (M.) Herrero de Jáuregui Catábasis: El viaje infernal en la Antigüedad. Pp. 503, ills. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 2023. Paper, €17.50. ISBN: 978-84-1148-208-0. María Emilia Cairo The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 28 - 30 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002329 Published Online on 20 November 2023
SOME GREEK PHILOSOPHICAL PAPYRI - Corpus dei papiri filosofici Greci e Latini (CPF). Testi e lessico nei papiri di cultura greca e latina. Parte II.1: Frammenti Adespoti. Pp. xxviii + 238, colour pls. Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2021. Paper, €70. ISBN: 978-88-222-6810-5. Michael McOsker The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 30 - 32 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002007 Published Online on 17 November 2023
GREEK AND EGYPTIAN MAGIC TEXTS - (C.A.) Faraone, (S.) Torallas Tovar (edd.) Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies. Text and Translation, Vol. 1. (California Classical Studies 9.) Pp. xxviii + 531, figs. Berkeley, CA: Department of Classics, University of California, 2022. Paper, US$54.95. ISBN: 978-1-939926-16-6. Open access. - (C.A.) Faraone, (S.) Torallas Tovar (edd.) Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies. Libraries, Books, and Individual Recipes . Pp. xxviii + 534, figs, ills. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022. Cased, US$95. ISBN: 978-0-472-13327-7. Riccardo Vecchiato The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 32 - 37 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001609 Published Online on 5 September 2023
THE TLG AND THE CANON - (M.C.) Pantelia Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. A Bibliographic Guide to the Canon of Greek Authors and Works. Pp. l + 854. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2022. Cased, £154, US$200. ISBN: 978-0-520-38819-2. Reviel Netz The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 37 - 39 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002044 Published Online on 23 November 2023
GREEK EPISTOLARY WRITING - (É.) Marquis (ed.) Epistolary Fiction in Ancient Greek Literature. (Philologus Supplement 19.) Pp. viii + 243. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £110, €124.95, US$126.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-099624-1. Frances Merrill The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 39 - 42 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002536 Published Online on 20 December 2023
APPROACHES TO ORALITY - (A.) Ercolani, (L.) Lulli (edd.) Rethinking Orality I. Codification, Transcodification and Transmission of ‘Cultural Messages’. (Transcodification: Arts, Languages and Media 1.) Pp. x + 239, b/w & colour ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £84.50, €92.95, US$107.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-071395-4. Open access. - (A.) Ercolani, (L.) Lulli (edd.) Rethinking Orality II. The Mechanisms of the Oral Communication System in the Case of the Archaic Epos . (Transcodification: Arts, Languages and Media 2.) Pp. x + 218, b/w & colour figs. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £84.50, €92.95, US$107.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-075074-4. Open access. Ruth Scodel The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 42 - 46 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001592 Published Online on 4 September 2023
THE BASLER KOMMENTAR IN ENGLISH - (K.) Wesselmann Homer's Iliad: the Basel Commentary. Book VII. Translated by Benjamin W. Millis and Sara Strack and edited by S. Douglas Olson. Pp. xii + 237. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £100, €109.95, US$126.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-068763-7. Margalit Finkelberg The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 46 - 48 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002809 Published Online on 15 January 2024
METALEPSIS IN THE ILIAD - (L.) von Alvensleben Erzähler und Figur in Interaktion. Metalepsen in Homers Ilias. (Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte 139.) Pp. viii + 289. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £91, €99.95, US$114.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-079064-1. Bill Beck The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 48 - 50 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300166X Published Online on 5 September 2023
THEMES IN PINDAR AND AESCHYLUS - (A.) Park Reciprocity, Truth, and Gender in Pindar and Aeschylus. Pp. xii + 241. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2023. Cased, US$70. ISBN: 978-0-472-13342-0. Open access. T.P.A. Roe The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 50 - 52 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002561 Published Online on 12 January 2024
READING HERODOTUS’ EGYPTIANS AND PERSIANS WITH AN OPEN CONCEPT OF RELIGION - (A.) Schwab Fremde Religion in Herodots Historien. Religiöse Mehrdimensionalität bei Persern und Ägyptern. (Hermes Einzelschriften 118.) Pp. 307. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2020. Paper, €54. ISBN: 978-3-515-12720-2. Sam Blankenship The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 53 - 55 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002226 Published Online on 1 December 2023
HERODOTUS’ ANCIENT RECEPTION - (N.B.) Kirkland Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature. Criticism, Imitation, Reception. Pp. xii + 377. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £64, US$99. ISBN: 978-0-19-758351-7. Anna Peterson The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 55 - 57 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001671 Published Online on 4 September 2023
ANOTHER COMPANION TO THUCYDIDES - (P.) Low (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Thucydides. Pp. xviii + 382. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paper, £29.99, US$39.99 (Cased, £90, US$120). ISBN: 978-1-107-51460-7 (978-1-107-10705-2 hbk). Tim Rood The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 57 - 59 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300255X Published Online on 20 December 2023
GREEK DRAMA AND PHILOSOPHY - (J.) Billings The Philosophical Stage. Drama and Dialectic in Classical Athens. Pp. xiv + 269. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2021. Cased, £30, US$39.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-20518-2. Marc Mastrangelo The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 60 - 62 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001889 Published Online on 2 November 2023
TEXT AND PERFORMANCE OF GREEK DRAMA - (S.D.) Olson, (O.) Taplin, (P.) Totaro (edd.) Page and Stage. Intersections of Text and Performance in Ancient Greek Drama. (Trends in Classics Supplementary Volume 146.) Pp. x + 184, colour ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £100, €109.95, US$120.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-124739-7. Robert Emil Berge The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 62 - 64 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002767 Published Online on 12 January 2024
GREEK TRAGEDY THEN AND NOW - (V.) Liapis, (A.) Sidiropoulou (edd.) Adapting Greek Tragedy. Contemporary Contexts for Ancient Texts. Pp. x + 436, colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-107-15570-1. Rosa Andújar The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 64 - 66 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002238 Published Online on 29 November 2023
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF GREEK TRAGEDY - (G.) Rodosthenous, (A.) Poulou (edd.) Greek Tragedy and the Digital. Pp. x + 226, ills. London and New York: Methuen Drama, 2023. Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-18585-2. Emma Pauly The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 66 - 69 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001841 Published Online on 5 September 2023
ANCIENT COMMENTARIES ON EURIPIDES - (G.) Bastianini, (D.) Colomo, (F.) Maltomini, (F.) Montana, (F.) Montanari, (S.) Perrone, (C.) Römer (edd.) Commentaria et lexica graeca in papyris reperta. Pars I: Commentaria et lexica in auctores. Vol. 2 Fasc. 5.1: Euripides. Commentaria, marginalia, lexica. Adiuvante Marco Stroppa. Pp. xxii + 115. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £91, €99.95, US$109.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-115557-9. Alba Boscà Cuquerella The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 69 - 71 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002718 Published Online on 15 January 2024
GREEK COMEDY AND SCHOLARSHIP - (A.A.) Novokhatko Greek Comedy and Embodied Scholarly Discourse. Pp. x + 278. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £91, €99.95, US$114.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-108093-2. Ben Cartlidge The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 71 - 73 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002500 Published Online on 20 December 2023
SOME MORE HIPPOCRATES - (J.) Jouanna (ed., trans.) Hippocrate: Tome VII, 1re partie: Sur les fractures. Avec la collaboration d'Anargyros Anastassiou et Amneris Roselli. (Collection des Universités de France publiée sous le patronage de l'Association Guillaume Budé 566.) Pp. clxxvi + 488, ills. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2022. Paper, €59. ISBN: 978-2-251-00652-9. Helene Perdicoyianni-Paléologou The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 74 - 75 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002408 Published Online on 11 December 2023
PLATO'S LIFE AND WORKS - (R.) Waterfield Plato of Athens. A Life in Philosophy. Pp. xl + 255, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £21.99, US$27.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-756475-2. Emily Hulme The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 75 - 77 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002445 Published Online on 11 December 2023
ARISTOTLE AND THEATRE - (G.) Navaud Voir le théâtre. Théories aristotéliciennes et pratiques du spectacle. (L'Esprit des Signes 12.) Pp. 336. Milan: Éditions Mimésis, 2022. Paper, €22. ISBN: 978-88-6976-323-6. Estel Baudou The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 77 - 79 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300238X Published Online on 11 December 2023
INSCRIPTIONS FROM THASOS - (P.) Hamon Corpus des inscriptions de Thasos III. Documents publics du quatrième siècle et de l’époque hellénistique. (Études Thasiennes 26.) Pp. xviii + 532, ills, maps. Athens: École Française d'Athènes, 2019. Paper, €90. ISBN: 978-2-86958-305-4. Hélène Perdicoyianni-Paléologou The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 80 - 81 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002433 Published Online on 11 December 2023
THEOCRITUS AND SPACE - (W.G.) Thalmann Theocritus. Space, Absence, and Desire. Pp. xxii + 232. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £54, US$83. ISBN: 978-0-19-763655-8. Alexandros Kampakoglou The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 81 - 83 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002512 Published Online on 27 December 2023
POLYBIUS AND LEADERSHIP - (N.) Miltsios Leadership and Leaders in Polybius. (Trends in Classics Supplementary Volume 145.) Pp. xvi + 176. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £91, €99.95, US$109.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-123947-7. Melina Tamiolaki The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 83 - 85 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002834 Published Online on 15 January 2024
PLUTARCH'S VIEWS ON GENDER - (L.) Warren Like a Captive Bird. Gender and Virtue in Plutarch. Pp. xiv + 365. Ann Arbor: Lever Press, 2022. Paper, US$26.99. ISBN: 978-1-64315-039-0. Open access. Mallory Monaco Caterine The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 85 - 87 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002093 Published Online on 7 November 2023
GALEN ON HEALTH - (P.N.) Singer (trans.) Galen: Writings on Health. Thrasybulus and Health (De sanitate tuenda). Pp. xxvi + 510, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £120, US$155. ISBN: 978-1-009-15951-7. Susan Mattern The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 87 - 88 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300207X Published Online on 10 November 2023
CASSIUS DIO'S CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVE - (A.G.) Scott An Age of Iron and Rust. Cassius Dio and the History of His Time. (Historiography of Rome and Its Empire 18.) Pp. x + 258. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €109. ISBN: 978-90-04-54111-5. Adam M. Kemezis The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 89 - 91 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002482 Published Online on 12 January 2024
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE IN HERODIAN - (C.S.) Chrysanthou Reconfiguring the Imperial Past. Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian's History of the Empire. (Historiography of Rome and its Empire 15.) Pp. xiv + 391. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €124, US$149. ISBN: 978-90-04-51689-2. Daniela Motta The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 91 - 93 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002597 Published Online on 12 January 2024
MORE ON HERODIAN - (A.) Galimberti (ed.) Herodian's World. Empire and Emperors in the III Century. (Historiography of Rome and Its Empire 12.) Pp. xii + 327. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €109, US$131. ISBN: 978-90-04-50023-5. Luke Pitcher The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 93 - 96 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001798 Published Online on 4 September 2023
COMPANION TO PLOTINUS REVISITED - (L.P.) Gerson, (J.) Wilberding (edd.) The New Cambridge Companion to Plotinus. Pp. xxiv + 471, figs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Paper, £26.99, US$34.99 (Cased, £79.99, US$105). ISBN: 978-1-108-72623-8 (978-1-108-48834-1 hbk). Anna Motta The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 96 - 99 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001919 Published Online on 7 November 2023
CICERO'S INTELLECTUAL MANIFESTO - (J.E.G.) Zetzel The Lost Republic. Cicero's De oratore and De re publica. Pp. xii + 367. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £64, US$99. ISBN: 978-0-19-762609-2. Margaret R. Graver The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 99 - 101 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002135 Published Online on 1 December 2023
THE ANECDOTE IN CICERO - (M.) Grandl Ciceroniana. Zur anekdotischen Strategie in Ciceros rhetoriktheoretischen und philosophischen Schriften. (Episteme in Bewegung 27.) Pp. xii + 401. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2022. Cased, €89. ISBN: 978-3-447-11811-8. Gernot Michael Müller The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 101 - 104 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002160 Published Online on 17 November 2023
ANACHRONISMS IN VIRGIL - (D.) Pausch Zeitmontagen in Vergils Aeneis. Anachronismen als literarische Technik. (Hypomnemata 215.) Pp. 162, colour ills. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2023. Cased, €60. ISBN: 978-3-647-31152-3. Graham Zanker The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 104 - 106 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002731 Published Online on 12 January 2024
THE HEROIDES IN THEIR SOCIOHISTORICAL CONTEXT - (M.O.) Drinkwater Ovid's Heroides and the Augustan Principate. Pp. x + 179. Madison, WI and London: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2022. Cased, US$79.95. ISBN: 978-0-299-33780-3. Ashley G. Walker The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 106 - 108 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002305 Published Online on 23 November 2023
SENECA AS A PHILOSOPHER AND WRITER - (M.) Graver Seneca. The Literary Philosopher. Pp. xii + 305. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-107-16404-8. Dominik Berrens The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 108 - 110 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002196 Published Online on 17 November 2023
MARGINALITY IN LITERATURE - (K.) Arampapaslis, (A.) Augoustakis, (S.) Froedge, (C.) Schroer (edd.) Dynamics of Marginality. Liminal Characters and Marginal Groups in Neronian and Flavian Literature. (Trends in Classics Supplementary Volume 143.) Pp. x + 176. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £82, €89.95, US$103.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-106158-0. Julene Abad Del Vecchio The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 110 - 113 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002640 Published Online on 12 January 2024
NIGHT-TIME FIGHTING IN STATIUS - (K.) Ameis Heimliche Nachtaktionen in der Thebais des Statius. (Orbis Antiquus 57.) Pp. x + 408. Münster: Aschendorff, 2022. Paper, €56. ISBN: 978-3-402-14469-5. Alice Hu The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 113 - 115 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300224X Published Online on 23 November 2023
TRADITIONS OF ROMAN HISTORICAL EPIC - (A.) Augoustakis, (M.) Fucecchi (edd.) Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos. (Mnemosyne Supplements 458.) Pp. xii + 299. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €105, US$127. ISBN: 978-90-04-51849-0. John Jacobs The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 116 - 118 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002275 Published Online on 20 November 2023
FRONTO'S GREEK LETTERS: A NEW EDITION - (C.) Castelli Il greco di Frontone. Testo critico e traduzione, studio linguistico, stilistico e retorico. Storia editoriale. (Fontes Ambrosiani 10.) Pp. xviii + 266. Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2022. Paper, €38. ISBN: 978-88-9359-620-6. Leonardo Costantini The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 119 - 121 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001737 Published Online on 5 September 2023
A REVISED LOEB OF HISTORIA AUGUSTA - (D.) Magie, (D.) Rohrbacher (edd., trans.) Historia Augusta. Volume I. (Loeb Classical Library 139.) Pp. liv + 471. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2022. Cased, £19.95, €25, US$28. ISBN: 978-0-674-99744-8. - (D.) Magie, (D.) Rohrbacher (edd., trans.) Historia Augusta. Volume II . (Loeb Classical Library 140.) Pp. vi +463. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2022. Cased, £19.95, €25, US$28. ISBN: 978-0-674-99745-5. - (D.) Magie, (D.) Rohrbacher (edd., trans.) Historia Augusta. Volume III. (Loeb Classical Library 263.) Pp. vi + 562. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2022. Cased, £19.95, €25, US$28. ISBN: 978-0-674-99746-2. Diederik Burgersdijk The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 121 - 124 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002330 Published Online on 23 November 2023
THE VISION OF GOD IN LATE ANTIQUE AUTHORS - (E.R.) Cain Mirrors of the Divine. Late Ancient Christianity and the Vision of God. Pp. viii + 209. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £54, US$83. ISBN: 978-0-19-766337-0. Ilya Kaplan The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 125 - 127 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002639 Published Online on 12 January 2024
WOMEN FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD - (G.D.) Middleton Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World. From the Palaeolithic to the Byzantines. Pp. xx + 294, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paper, £22.99, US$29.99 (Cased, £75, US$100). ISBN: 978-1-108-70383-3 (978-1-108-48113-7 hbk). Sara Casamayor Mancisidor The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 127 - 128 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002184 Published Online on 11 December 2023
HISTORY AND PROBABILITY - (M.) Lavan, (D.) Jew, (B.) Danon (edd.) The Uncertain Past. Probability in Ancient History. Pp. xiv + 307, figs, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-009-10065-6. Reviel Netz The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 129 - 131 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002068 Published Online on 23 November 2023
ANCIENT ‘GLOBALISATION’ - (S.) Muthukumaran The Tropical Turn. Agricultural Innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean. Pp. xx + 294, ills, maps. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2023. Paper, £30, US$34.95 (Cased, £80, US$95). ISBN: 978-0-520-39084-3 (978-0-520-39083-6 hbk). Juan Carlos Moreno García The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 132 - 134 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001877 Published Online on 4 September 2023
THE DIVERSITY OF ANCIENT LANDSCAPES - (A.) Cristilli, (F.) De Luca, (G.) Di Luca, (A.) Gonfloni (edd.) Experiencing the Landscape in Antiquity 2. (BAR International Series 3107.) Pp. viii + 513, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2022. Paper, £128. ISBN: 978-1-4073-6009-6. James Page The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 134 - 137 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002123 Published Online on 22 November 2023
ASPECTS OF CITIZENSHIP IN THE ANCIENT WORLD - (J.) Filonik, (C.) Plastow, (R.) Zelnick-Abramovitz (edd.) Citizenship in Antiquity. Civic Communities in the Ancient Mediterranean. Pp. xxiv + 725, figs, ill., maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £152, US$200. ISBN: 978-0-367-68711-3. Juan Carlos Moreno García The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 137 - 140 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002846 Published Online on 15 January 2024
ANCIENT SEXUAL PRACTICES - (A.) Serafim, (G.) Kazantzidis, (K.) Demetriou (edd.) Sex and the Ancient City. Sex and Sexual Practices in Greco-Roman Antiquity. (Trends in Classics Supplementary Volume 126.) Pp. xiv + 538, b/w & colour ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £134.50, €149.95, US$170.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-069577-9. India Watkins Nattermann The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 140 - 143 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002147 Published Online on 17 November 2023
VIEWS ON POVERTY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD - (F.) Carlà-Uhink, (L.) Cecchet, (C.) Machado (edd.) Poverty in Ancient Greece and Rome. Realities and Discourses. Pp. x + 305, fig., maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-0-367-22114-0. Astrid van Oyen The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 143 - 146 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001658 Published Online on 5 September 2023
GREEK AND ROMAN MILITARY UNIT COHESION - (J.R.) Hall, (L.) Rawlings, (G.) Lee (edd.) Unit Cohesion and Warfare in the Ancient World. Military and Social Approaches. Pp. viii + 186. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-1-138-04585-9. Joanne E. Ball The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 146 - 148 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002755 Published Online on 17 January 2024
DEVELOPMENTS IN EARLY GREECE - (J.C.) Bernhardt, (M.) Canevaro (edd.) From Homer to Solon. Continuity and Change in Archaic Greece. (Mnemosyne Supplements 454.) Pp. x + 492, ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €144, US$174. ISBN: 978-90-04-51362-4. - (R.A.) Billows The Spear, the Scroll, and the Pebble. How the Greek City-State Developed as a Male Warrior-Citizen Collective . Pp. xvi + 267, map, colour pls. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Paper, £24.99, US$34.95 (Cased, £75, US$100). ISBN: 978-1-350-28919-2 (978-1-350-28920-8 hbk). Jessica M. Romney The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 148 - 153 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002469 Published Online on 22 December 2023
THE LAWS OF DRACO AND SOLON - (W.) Schmitz Leges Draconis et Solonis (LegDrSol). Eine neue Edition der Gesetze Drakons und Solons mit Übersetzung und historischer Einordnung. Unter Mitarbeit von Anja Dorn und Tino Shahin. 2 Bände. (Historia Einzelschriften 270.) Pp. xiv + x + 943, ills, map. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2023. Cased, €146. ISBN: 978-3-515-13361-6. Edward Harris The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 153 - 155 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002779 Published Online on 12 January 2024
ECONOMICS IN ANCIENT GREECE AND BEYOND - (I.) Därmann, (A.) Winterling (edd.) Oikonomia und Ökonomie im klassischen Griechenland. Theorie – Praxis – Transformation. Pp. 226. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2022. Cased, €54. ISBN: 978-3-515-12745-5. Dorothea Rohde The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 155 - 158 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001750 Published Online on 4 September 2023
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SPARTANS - (A.J.) Bayliss The Spartans. A Very Short Introduction. Pp. xxiv + 145, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Paper, £8.99, US$11.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-878760-0. Julius Guthrie The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 158 - 160 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002615 Published Online on 12 January 2024
THE BORDER REGION OF BITHYNIA - (F.) Ferraioli Un'area di frontiera. La Bitinia dall'età arcaica all'età ellenistica. (BAR International Series 3106.) Pp. xii + 99, colour ills, maps. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2022. Paper, £37. ISBN: 978-1-4073-5979-3. Madalina Dana The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 160 - 161 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002585 Published Online on 22 January 2024
RECEPTIONS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT - (J.) Finn Contested Pasts. A Determinist History of Alexander the Great in the Roman Empire. Pp. x + 244, colour ills. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022. Cased, US$70. ISBN: 978-0-472-13303-1. Benjamin Pedersen The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 161 - 163 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002019 Published Online on 7 November 2023
PTOLEMY I SOTER - (E.M.) Anson Ptolemy I Soter. Themes and Issues. Pp. xxiv + 221, maps. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Paper, £24.99, US$34.95 (Cased, £75, US$100). ISBN: 978-1-350-26080-1 (978-1-350-26081-8 hbk). Charlotte Dunn The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 164 - 166 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002676 Published Online on 12 January 2024
THE ATTALIDS - (N.) Kaye The Attalids of Pergamon and Anatolia. Money, Culture, and State Power. Pp. xviii + 444, figs, b/w & colour ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £105, US$135. ISBN: 978-1-316-51059-9. Deirdre Klokow The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 166 - 168 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001907 Published Online on 2 November 2023
ASPECTS OF SLAVERY IN LATE ANTIQUITY - (C.L.) de Wet, (M.) Kahlos, (V.) Vuolanto (edd.) Slavery in the Late Antique World, 150–700 ce. Pp. xx + 359, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-108-47622-5. Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 168 - 171 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002378 Published Online on 11 December 2023
ROMAN PUBLIC SLAVERY - (F.) Luciani Slaves of the People. A Political and Social History of Roman Public Slavery. (Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 79.) Pp. 489, ills. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2022. Paper, €80. ISBN: 978-3-515-13140-7. Javal Coleman The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 172 - 173 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002020 Published Online on 7 November 2023
ASPECTS OF MARITIME COMMERCE IN ANCIENT ROME - (P.) Candy, (E.) Mataix Ferrándiz (edd.) Roman Law and Maritime Commerce. Pp. x + 204, figs, ills, maps. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022. Cased, £85. ISBN: 978-1-4744-7814-4. Andrew McLean The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 174 - 176 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001725 Published Online on 19 September 2023
AN OVERVIEW OF ROMAN LAW - (D.) Johnston Roman Law in Context. Second edition. Pp. xiv + 221. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022 (first edition 1999). Paper, £19.99, US$25.99 (Cased, £64.99, US$84.99). ISBN: 978-1-108-70016-0 (978-1-108-47630-0 hbk). Mary Deminion The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 177 - 178 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001713 Published Online on 19 September 2023
THE RECORDING OF AGE ON EPITAPHS - (R.) Laurence, (F.) Trifilò Mediterranean Timescapes. Chronological Age and Cultural Practice in the Roman Empire. Pp. xvi + 253, figs, ills, b/w & colour maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-1-138-28875-1. Allison Emmerson The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 179 - 181 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002822 Published Online on 15 January 2024
THE ROLE OF BIRDS IN ANCIENT ROME - (A.) Green Birds in Roman Life and Myth. Pp. xx + 227, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-1-032-16286-7. Hans Werner Ingensiep The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 181 - 183 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002743 Published Online on 17 January 2024
RELIGION AND ECONOMY - (A.) Wilson, (N.) Ray, (A.) Trentacoste (edd.) The Economy of Roman Religion. Pp. xx + 354, figs, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £83, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-288353-7. James B. Rives The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 183 - 185 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002202 Published Online on 1 December 2023
BUILDINGS AND EUERGETISM - (F.) des Boscs (ed.) Évergétisme et Architectures dans le monde romain (IIe s. av. J.-C.–Ve s. ap. J.-C.). (Archaia 5.) Pp. 252, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Pau: Presses Universitaires de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, 2022. Paper, €30. ISBN: 978-2-35311-111-4. Marietta Horster The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 185 - 188 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001701 Published Online on 4 September 2023
SULLA REDEFINES TIME - (P.) Hay Saeculum. Defining Historical Eras in Ancient Roman Thought. Pp. x + 262. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2023. Cased, US$55. ISBN: 978-1-4773-2739-5. Ray Laurence The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 188 - 190 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300210X Published Online on 13 November 2023
IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD - (J.J.) Price, (M.) Finkelberg, (Y.) Shahar (edd.) Rome: an Empire of Many Nations. New Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Identity. Pp. xiv + 410, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-108-47945-5. Emma Dench The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 190 - 193 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001890 Published Online on 2 November 2023
POLITICAL CHANGES IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC - (P.) Belonick Restraint, Conflict, and the Fall of the Roman Republic. Pp. x + 228. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £54, US$83. ISBN: 978-0-19-766266-3. Mattia P. Balbo The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 193 - 195 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002391 Published Online on 11 December 2023
THE STATUS OF ‘DOCUMENTS’ - (J.) Arthur-Montagne, (S.J.) Digiulio, (I.N.I.) Kuin (edd.) Documentality. New Approaches to Written Documents in Imperial Life and Literature. (Trends in Classics Supplementary Volume 132.) Pp. xii + 290, fig., b/w & colour ills, map. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £110, €124.95, US$126.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-079177-8. Yvona Trnka-Amrhein The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 195 - 198 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300183X Published Online on 5 September 2023
SYNODS OF ATHLETES AND ARTISTS - (B.) Fauconnier Athletes and Artists in the Roman Empire. The History and Organisation of the Ecumenical Synods. Pp. xii + 403, figs, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-009-20283-1. Richard S. Ascough The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 199 - 200 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002627 Published Online on 12 January 2024
COMMUNAL DINING IN THE ROMAN WEST - (S.) Wen Communal Dining in the Roman West. Private Munificence towards Cities and Associations in the First Three Centuries ad. (Mnemosyne Supplements 457.) Pp. xiv + 321, figs, maps. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €114. ISBN: 978-90-04-51686-1. Simone Ciambelli The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 201 - 203 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002603 Published Online on 12 January 2024
ASPECTS OF ROMAN COIN HOARDS - (J.) Mairat, (A.) Wilson, (C.) Howgego (edd.) Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World. Pp. xviii + 350, figs, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £90, US$115. ISBN: 978-0-19-886638-1. Antonino Crisà The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 203 - 205 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001786 Published Online on 19 September 2023
THE IDENTITY OF IONIA - (M.) Hallmannsecker Roman Ionia. Constructions of Cultural Identity in Western Asia Minor. Pp. xvi + 308, colour ills, colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-15018-7. Peter Talloen The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 206 - 208 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002706 Published Online on 12 January 2024
POLITICAL MEMORIA AND DAMNATIO MEMORIAE - (R.) Usherwood Political Memory and the Constantinian Dynasty. Fashioning Disgrace. Pp. xvii + 350, figs, b/w & colour ills. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. Cased, £89.99. ISBN: 978-3-030-87929-7. Gabriel Requia Gabbardo The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 208 - 210 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001762 Published Online on 4 September 2023
CLERGY IN LATE ANTIQUE ITALY - (I.) Mossong Der Klerus des spätantiken Italiens im Spiegel epigraphischer Zeugnisse. Eine soziohistorische Studie. (Klio 36.) Pp. xii + 696. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £122, €133.95, US$154.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-074543-6. Stanisław Adamiak The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 210 - 212 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001932 Published Online on 2 November 2023
LATE ROMAN FIELD ARMIES - (A.) Kaldellis, (M.) Kruse The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361–630. Pp. xxii + 205, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-009-29694-6. Hugh Elton The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 212 - 214 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002524 Published Online on 27 December 2023
THE EMPEROR'S VICTORY - (R.A.) Bleeker Aspar and the Struggle for the Eastern Roman Empire, ad 421–71. Pp. xiv + 229, ills, map. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-27926-1. Laury Sarti The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 214 - 216 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002251 Published Online on 1 December 2023
DIOSCORUS OF ALEXANDRIA REVISITED - (V.L.) Menze Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria. The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire. Pp. xii + 226. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £70, US$90. ISBN: 978-0-19-287133-6. David M. Gwynn The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 216 - 218 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002810 Published Online on 15 January 2024
THE REIGN OF THEODERIC THE GREAT - (H.-U.) Wiemer Theoderic the Great. King of Goths, Ruler of Romans. Translated by John Noël Dillon. Pp. xxiv + 635, ills, maps. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2023 (originally published as Theoderich der Grosse, 2018). Cased, US$45. ISBN: 978-0-300-25443-3. Jonathan J. Arnold The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 218 - 220 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300272X Published Online on 15 January 2024
APPROACHES TO ANCIENT HOUSING - (J.A.) Baird, (A.) Pudsey (edd.) Housing in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Material and Textual Approaches. Pp. xviii + 499, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £105, US$135. ISBN: 978-1-108-84526-7. Michael Anderson The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 221 - 224 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002299 Published Online on 20 December 2023
SCULPTURE AND INSCRIPTIONS - (N.) Dietrich, (J.) Fouquet (edd.) Image, Text, Stone. Intermedial Perspectives on Graeco-Roman Sculpture. (Materiale Textkulturen 36.) Pp. viii + 374, b/w & colour ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £82, €89.95, US$103.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-077569-3. Open access. Michael Squire The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 224 - 227 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002032 Published Online on 7 November 2023
COLOUR AND ANCIENT ART - (J.M.S.) STAGER Seeing Color in Classical Art. Theory, Practice, and Reception, from Antiquity to the Present. Pp. xiv + 328, b/w & colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £39.99, US$49.99. ISBN: 978-1-316-51645-4. Bente Kiilerich The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 227 - 229 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001956 Published Online on 13 October 2023
DEPICTIONS OF THE GROTESQUE BODY - (A.) Meintani The Grotesque Body in Graeco-Roman Antiquity. (Image & Context 21.) Pp. xii + 568, ills, colour pls. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £118, €129.95, US$149.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-069173-3. Alexandre G. Mitchell The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 230 - 231 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001683 Published Online on 4 September 2023
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ETRURIA AND ANATOLIA - (E.P.) Baughan, (L.C.) Pieraccini (edd.) Etruria and Anatolia. Material Connections and Artistic Exchange. Pp. xxiv + 344, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £90, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-009-15102-3. Cristiana Zaccagnino The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 231 - 234 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002172 Published Online on 17 November 2023
POTTERY FROM CORINTH - (E.) Hasaki Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth. Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes. (Hesperia Supplement 51.) Pp. xxii + 418, figs, b/w & colour ills, maps, colour pls. Princeton, NJ: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2021. Paper, £65, US$75. ISBN: 978-0-87661-553-9. Maria Grazia Palmieri The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 234 - 236 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001804 Published Online on 4 September 2023
A ROMAN NEIGHBOURHOOD OVER TIME - (P.W.)JACOBS IIThe Lives of a Roman Neighborhood. Tracing the Imprint of the Past, from 500 bce to the Present. Pp. xii + 245, ills, maps, colour pls. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-316-51263-0. Sofia Rafaella Greaves The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 237 - 239 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001944 Published Online on 2 November 2023
PEASANT HOUSEHOLDS - (K.) Bowes (ed.) The Roman Peasant Project 2009–2014. Excavating the Roman Rural Poor. In two volumes. (University Museum Monograph 154.) Pp. xxxiv + 753, figs, ills, maps, colour pls. Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2020. Cased, £96, US$120. ISBN: 978-1-94905707-2. Peter Attema The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 239 - 241 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002688 Published Online on 12 January 2024
SPACE AND ROMAN HOUSES - (M.A.) Anderson Space, Movement, and Visibility in Pompeian Houses. Pp. xiv + 261, ills, map. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-1-472-48595-3. - (R.C.) Beacham, (H.) Denard Living Theatre in the Ancient Roman House. Theatricalism in the Domestic Sphere. Pp. xxx + 515, b/w & colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £120, US$155. ISBN: 978-1-316-51094-0. Ville Hakanen The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 241 - 245 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002573 Published Online on 12 January 2024
A HISTORY OF ROMAN LONDON - (D.) Perring London in the Roman World. Pp. xviii + 573, figs, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £40, US$50. ISBN: 978-0-19-878900-0. John Pearce The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 245 - 247 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002366 Published Online on 11 December 2023
THE PRODUCTION OF IMPERIAL PORTRAITS - (C.) Niederhuber Roman Imperial Portrait Practice in the Second Century ad. Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger. Pp. xxvi + 214, b/w & colour ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £95, US$125. ISBN: 978-0-19-284565-8. Sven Betjes The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 248 - 250 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001695 Published Online on 4 September 2023
PREPOSITIONS IN BIBLICAL GREEK - (W.A.) Ross, (S.E.) Runge (edd.) Postclassical Greek Prepositions and Conceptual Metaphor. Cognitive Semantic Analysis and Biblical Interpretation. (Fontes et Subsidia ad Bibliam pertinentes 12.) Pp. xii + 307, figs, ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £94, €102.95, US$118.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-077404-7. Coulter H. George The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 250 - 252 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001221 Published Online on 25 September 2023
BLACKNESS AND ANTIQUITY - (S.F.) Derbew Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity. Pp. xviii + 253, b/w & colour ills, colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £29.99, US$39.99. ISBN: 978-1-108-49528-8. Nandini B. Pandey The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 253 - 255 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300269X Published Online on 12 January 2024
AN OVERVIEW OF ANCIENT SCIENCE - (L.) Taub Ancient Greek and Roman Science. A Very Short Introduction. Pp. xxii + 154, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Paper, £8.99. US$11.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-873699-8. Nathalie R. Roy The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 255 - 257 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002457 Published Online on 11 December 2023
ASPECTS OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY - (S.L.) Sørensen (ed.) Sine fine. Studies in honour of Klaus Geus on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. Pp. 575, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills, colour maps. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2022. Cased, €98. ISBN: 978-3-515-13350-0. Serena Bianchetti The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 257 - 260 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001610 Published Online on 5 September 2023
THE TRADITIONS ABOUT ORPHEUS - (T.) Mojsik Orpheus in Macedonia. Myth, Cult and Ideology. Translated by Grzegorz Kulesza. Pp. xvi + 203, ills, maps. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023 (originally published as Orfeusz między Tracją a Pierią, Mit, kult i tożsamość, 2019). Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-21318-0. Thomas Alexander Husøy The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 260 - 262 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001865 Published Online on 13 October 2023
ATHEISM AT THE AGORA - (J.C.) Ford Atheism at the Agora. A History of Unbelief in Ancient Greek Polytheism. Pp. viii + 210. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. Cased, £130, US$170. ISBN: 978-1-032-49299-5. John Henry The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 262 - 264 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001981 Published Online on 13 October 2023
GODS AS SAVIOURS - (T.S.F.) Jim Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece. Pp. xiv + 319, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £75, US$100. ISBN: 978-0-19-289411-3. Rebecca van Hove The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 265 - 267 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001749 Published Online on 4 September 2023
MAGIC AND SCENT - (B.K.) Ager The Scent of Ancient Magic. Pp. xii + 225. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022. Cased, US$75. ISBN: 978-0-472-13302-4. Tony Potter The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 267 - 269 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001920 Published Online on 2 November 2023
THE GODDESS ISIS - (L.) Bricault Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas. Translated by Gil H. Renberg. (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 190.) Pp. xviii + 384, b/w & colour ills, map. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2020 (originally published as Isis, dame des flots, 2006). Cased, €149, US$179. ISBN: 978-90-04-41389-4. Paraskevi Martzavou The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 269 - 271 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001774 Published Online on 4 September 2023
HOW ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS REPRESENTED THEIR PAST: A NEW VOLUME ON ANCIENT MEMORY - (M.) De Marre, (R.K.) Bhola (edd.) Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory. Pp. xvi + 324, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2022. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-0-367-37144-9. Nicoletta Bruno The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 271 - 274 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001816 Published Online on 5 September 2023
RELIGION, MEMORY AND IDENTITY - (D.) Ackermann, (Y.) Lafond, (A.) Vincent (edd.) Pratiques religieuses, mémoire et identités dans le monde gréco-romain. Actes du colloque tenu à Poitiers du 9 au 11 mai 2019. Pp. 314, figs, ills, maps. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2022. Paper, €25. ISBN: 978-2-7535-8609-3. Marin Mauger The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 274 - 276 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002056 Published Online on 17 November 2023
THE ROMAN LUPERCALIA - (K.) Vuković Wolves of Rome. The Lupercalia from Roman and Comparative Perspectives. (Transregional Practices of Power 2.) Pp. xx + 320, b/w & colour ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £83, €94.95, US$94.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-068934-1. Karlis Konrads Vé The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 277 - 279 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001853 Published Online on 4 September 2023
LIVED ANCIENT RELIGION IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE - (J.) Rüpke, (G.) Woolf (edd.) Religion in the Roman Empire. (Die Religionen der Menschheit 16.2.) Pp. 323, ills, maps. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2021. Cased, €89. ISBN: 978-3-17-029224-6. Carl R. Rice The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 279 - 281 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002159 Published Online on 17 November 2023
ROMAN GODS IN GREEK - (B.) Buszard Greek Translations of Roman Gods. Pp. xii + 324. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £100, €109.95, US$126.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-107179-4. Alaya Palamidis The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 282 - 284 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002494 Published Online on 20 December 2023
CONVERSIONS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD - (A.) Despotis, (H.) Löhr (edd.) Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions. (Ancient Philosophy & Religion 5.) Pp. xii + 477, figs. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €149, US$180. ISBN: 978-90-04-50176-8. Kendra Eshleman The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 284 - 287 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001828 Published Online on 4 September 2023
ASPECTS OF EXEMPLARITY - (S.) Bauer, (P.) Brockkötter (edd.) Exemplarität und Exzeptionalität in der griechisch-römischen Antike. Pp. 307, colour figs, colour ills. Göttingen: Verlag Antike, 2022. Cased, €80. ISBN: 978-3-949189-09-8. Viola Periti The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 287 - 290 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002792 Published Online on 17 January 2024
ANCIENT LOGIC - (L.) Castagnoli, (P.) Fait (edd.) The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Logic. Pp. viii + 432. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paper, £26.99, US$34.99 (Cased, £74.99, US$99.99). ISBN: 978-1-107-65677-2 (978-1-107-06294-8 hbk). Saloni De Souza The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 290 - 293 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300241X Published Online on 12 January 2024
PERIPATETIC VIEWS ON THE SOUL - (R.) Schorlemmer Transmission und Transformation. Überlieferungsanalysen und Rekonstruktionen frühperipatetischer Seelenlehren. (Schweizerische Beiträge zur Altertumswissenschaft 54.) Pp. 320, figs. Basel: Schwabe, 2022. CHF60. ISBN: 978-3-7965-4599-3. Francesco Verde The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 293 - 295 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001646 Published Online on 4 September 2023
THE NOTION OF TIME - (J.) Zachhuber Time and Soul. From Aristotle to St. Augustine. (Chronoi 6.) Pp. x + 98. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Paper, £22.50, €24.95, US$28.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-069272-3. Open access. Simon Goldhill The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 296 - 297 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002287 Published Online on 23 November 2023
ASPECTS OF EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY - (J.) Aoiz, (M.D.) Boeri Theory and Practice in Epicurean Political Philosophy. Security, Justice and Tranquility. Pp. x + 242. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-34654-3. Nathan Gilbert The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 298 - 300 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001968 Published Online on 13 October 2023
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY TODAY - (P.) Woodruff Living Toward Virtue. Practical Ethics in the Spirit of Socrates. Pp. xviii + 227. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £19.99, US$29.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-767212-9. - (E.A.) Austin Living for Pleasure. An Epicurean Guide to Life. Pp. x + 307. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £14.99, US$18.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-755832-4. - (C.) Gill Learning to Live Naturally. Stoic Ethics and its Modern Significance . Pp. xii + 365. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £90, US$115. ISBN: 978-0-19-886616-9. David Machek The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 300 - 305 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002470 Published Online on 14 December 2023
THE WORTHWHILE LIFE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY - (D.) Machek The Life Worth Living in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. Pp. xiv + 257. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-25787-9. Rick Benitez The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 305 - 307 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002421 Published Online on 11 December 2023
VIEWS ON THE BRAIN - (J.L.) WRIGHT The Care of the Brain in Early Christianity. Pp. x + 296. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2022. Cased, £80, US$95. ISBN: 978-0-520-38767-6. Monica Tobon The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 307 - 309 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002342 Published Online on 12 January 2024
INTERPRETATIONS OF VIRGINITY - (J.K.) LILLIS Virgin Territory. Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity. (Christianity in Late Antiquity 13.) Pp. xvi + 273. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2023. Cased, £80, US$95. ISBN: 978-0-520-38901-4. Monica Tobon The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 309 - 311 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002354 Published Online on 12 January 2024
GOSPEL WRITERS AND CLASSICAL POETS - (D.R.) MacDonald Synopses of Epic, Tragedy, and the Gospels. Volume 1: Mimetic Synopsis of Four Synoptic Gospels (Q+, Mark, Matthew, and Luke). Imitations of Deuteronomy, Homer, and Athenian Tragedies. Volume 2: Mimetic Syncrisis of the Acts of the Apostles. Imitations of Homer and Euripides and Rivalry with the Aeneid. Volume 3: Mimetic Synopsis of Three Gospels of John. Imitations of the Synoptics and Euripides’ Bacchae . Pp. viii + 564, colour ills. Claremont, CA: Mimesis Press, 2022. Paper, £36.51. ISBN: 979-8-9867801-1-5. Pheme Perkins The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 312 - 314 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002081 Published Online on 13 November 2023
GREEK AND ARMENIAN LITERATURE - (G.) Muradyan Ancient Greek Myths in Medieval Armenian Literature. (Armenian Texts and Studies 5.) Pp. xiv + 441. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €110. ISBN: 978-90-04-51979-4. Tim Greenwood The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 314 - 315 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23001634 Published Online on 4 September 2023
WOMEN AND NEO-LATIN - (J.) Stevenson Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period. Pp. vi + 116. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Paper, €70. ISBN: 978-90-04-52975-5. Aron L. Ouwerkerk The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 316 - 318 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2300197X Published Online on 2 November 2023
DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION - (D.) Libatique, (F.) McHardy (edd.) Diversity and the Study of Antiquity in Higher Education. Perspectives from North America and Europe. Pp. viii + 144. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £48.99, US$64.95. ISBN: 978-1-032-23512-7. Dora Gao, Amy Pistone The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 318 - 320 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002317 Published Online on 11 December 2023
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(J.) Gersbach The War Cry in the Graeco-Roman World. Pp. vi + 161. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-1-032-24858-5. Alfred S. Bradford The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 321 - 322 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002111 Published Online on 7 November 2023
(Y.) Rathbone, (D.W.) Rathbone Literary Sources for Roman Britain. Fifth edition. (LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History 11.) Pp. 93. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, on behalf of The London Association of Classical Teachers, 2023 (first edition 1977). Paper, £12.99, US$16.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-38321-9. Stanley Ireland The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 322 - 323 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002548 Published Online on 22 December 2023
(R.) Darmon Dieux futiles, dieux utiles. La mythographie comme forme de savoir dans l'Europe de la Renaissance. (Traveaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance 637.) Pp. 443, ills. Geneva: Librairie Droz, 2022. Paper, €49. ISBN: 978-2-600-06341-8. Franck Collin The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 323 - 324 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002214 Published Online on 12 December 2023
Books received
BOOKS RECEIVED 74.1 The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 1, April 2024, pp 325 - 348 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002780 Published Online on 11 March 2024