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NEW CONVERSATIONS IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY Judith M. Lieu The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 349 - 356 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001367 Published Online on 22 October 2024
STARS AND SYSTEMS: TWO WORKS ON THE ASTRAL SCIENCES Michael Zellmann-Rohrer The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 357 - 362 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000404 Published Online on 8 May 2024
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FROM TIME TO TIME - (K.) Gilhuly, (J.P.) Ulrich (edd.) Making Time for Greek and Roman Literature. Pp. x + 230, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. Cased, £130, US$170. ISBN: 978-1-032-47278-2. Francis Dunn The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 363 - 365 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000982 Published Online on 3 October 2024
FRAGMENTARY TEXTS - (F.) Ginelli, (F.) Lupi (edd.) The Continuity of Classical Literature through Fragmentary Traditions. (Trends in Classics Supplementary Volume 105.) Pp. xii + 216, colour ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2021. Cased, £93, €104.95, US$118.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-070037-4. Salvatore Monda The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 365 - 368 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000313 Published Online on 26 April 2024
EPIC SIMILES - (D.) Beck The Stories of Similes in Greek and Roman Epic. Pp. xii + 279. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-108-48179-3. Alexander Forte The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 368 - 370 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000842 Published Online on 26 September 2024
ANCIENT NOVEL, RHETORIC AND LITERARY THEORY - (M.P.) Futre Pinheiro, (S.A.) Nimis, (M.) Fusillo (edd.) Modern Literary Theory and the Ancient Novel. Poetics and Rhetoric. (Ancient Narrative Supplementum 30.) Pp. xvi + 224, ill. Groningen: Barkhuis & Groningen University Library, 2022. Cased, €95. ISBN: 978-94-93194-54-0. Olivier Demerre The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 370 - 373 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001124 Published Online on 26 September 2024
ANCIENT DESCRIPTIONS OF PAIN - (J.R.) Clarke, (D.) King, (H.) Baltussen (edd.) Pain Narratives in Greco-Roman Writings. Studies in the Representation of Physical and Mental Suffering. (Studies in Ancient Medicine 58.) Pp. xiv + 312, colour ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €118. ISBN: 978-90-04-54948-7. Giulia Freni The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 373 - 375 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000258 Published Online on 1 April 2024
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MYTH AND HISTORY - (M.) Christopoulos, (A.) Papachrysostomou, (A.P.) Antonopoulos (edd.) Myth and History: Close Encounters. (MythosEikonPoiesis 14.) Pp. xiv + 423, b/w & colour ills, maps. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £124, €139.95, US$157.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-077958-5. Katharina Wesselmann The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 375 - 378 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001227 Published Online on 30 September 2024
SCRIBAL PRACTICE - (K.) Bentein, (Y.) Amory (edd.) Novel Perspectives on Communication Practices in Antiquity. Towards a Historical Social-Semiotic Approach. (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 41.) Pp. x + 198, figs, ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €138. ISBN: 978-90-04-52651-8. Andrea Bernini The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 378 - 380 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000210 Published Online on 1 April 2024
THE LAYERS OF THE TEXT - (R.) Hunter The Layers of the Text. Collected Papers on Classical Literature 2008–2021. Edited by Antonios Rengakos and Evangelos Karakasis. (Trends in Classics Supplementary Volume 127.) Pp. xiv + 923. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2021. Cased, £136.50, €149.95, US$172.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-074756-0. Tom Phillips The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 381 - 383 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001252 Published Online on 30 September 2024
ANCIENT AND MODERN VIEWS ON NARRATIVE - (J.) Grethlein Ancient Greek Texts and Modern Narrative Theory. Towards a Critical Dialogue. Pp. viii + 199, fig. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-009-33959-9. Hannah Baldwin The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 383 - 385 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000994 Published Online on 26 September 2024
ANCIENT GREEK CURSE TABLETS - (J.L.) Lamont In Blood and Ashes. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece. Pp. xxviii + 404, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £71, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-751778-9. Charlotte Spence The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 385 - 387 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000167 Published Online on 4 March 2024
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Lamont (J. L.) In Blood and Ashes. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece. Pp. xxviii + 404, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £71, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-751778-9. – CORRIGENDUM Charlotte Spence The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 387 - 388 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000301 Published Online on 22 April 2024
WOMEN AND PHILOSOPHY - (K.R.) O'Reilly, (C.) Pellò (edd.) Ancient Women Philosophers. Recovered Ideas and New Perspectives. Pp. xvi + 272. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-316-51618-8. Sara Protasi The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 388 - 391 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000775 Published Online on 16 September 2024
WOMEN AS POETS - (E.) Hauser How Women Became Poets. A Gender History of Greek Literature. Pp. xx + 354. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. Cased, £35, US$39.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-20107-8. Eva Marie Stehle The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 391 - 393 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000386 Published Online on 19 April 2024
TEXTS, READING AND EPHEMERALITY - (S.) Nooter Greek Poetry in the Age of Ephemerality. Pp. xii + 242. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-009-32035-1. Andrew S. Becker The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 393 - 395 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000726 Published Online on 3 October 2024
PARMENIDES AND ROADS - (B.) Folit-Weinberg Homer, Parmenides, and the Road to Demonstration. Pp. xvi + 367, figs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Paper, £34.99, US$44.99 (Cased, £90, US$120). ISBN: 978-1-009-04848-4 (978-1-316-51781-9 hbk). Open access. Tom Mackenzie The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 395 - 397 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000428 Published Online on 30 May 2024
PINDAR AND (IM)MORTALITY - (H.) Eisenfeld Pindar and Greek Religion. Theologies of Mortality in the Victory Odes. Pp. xvi + 277. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-10108-83119-2. Chiara R. Ciampa The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 397 - 399 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000568 Published Online on 27 August 2024
EMPEDOCLES IN CONTEXT - (R.) Saetta Cottone Soleil et connaissance. Empédocle avant Platon. Pp. xvi + 294, figs. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2023. Paper, €25.50. ISBN: 978-2-35088-203-1. Nuria Scapin The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 400 - 401 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000246 Published Online on 27 March 2024
THEATRE AND POLITICS - (E.) Csapo, (H.R.) Goette, (J.R.) Green, (B.) Le Guen, (E.) Paillard, (J.) Stoop, (P.) Wilson (edd.) Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World. Pp. x + 280, ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £82, €89.95, US$103.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-079596-7. Giovanna Di Martino The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 402 - 404 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000350 Published Online on 19 April 2024
JOKING IN GREEK COMEDY - (N.) Scott Jokes in Greek Comedy. From Puns to Poetics. Pp. x + 181. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-24848-9. Dimitrios Kanellakis The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 404 - 406 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000179 Published Online on 4 March 2024
A COMMENTARY ON ANTIPHANES - (S.D.) Olson Antiphanes: Zakynthios – Progonoi. (Fragmenta Comica 19.2.) Pp. 411. Göttingen: Verlag Antike, 2022. Cased, €90. ISBN: 978-3-949189-33-3. Ioannis M. Konstantakos The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 407 - 409 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000520 Published Online on 30 May 2024
XENOPHON AND SOCRATES - (S.) Brennan Xenophon's Anabasis. A Socratic History. Pp. xvi + 287, ills, map. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022. Cased, £90. ISBN: 978-1-4744-8988-1. Alex Lee The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 409 - 411 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000180 Published Online on 27 March 2024
PLATO AND WRITING - (M.) Esposito The Realm of Mimesis in Plato. Orality, Writing, and the Ontology of the Image. (Brill's Plato Studies Series 13.) Pp. xii + 173. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €119. ISBN: 978-90-04-53311-0. Michael Weinman The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 411 - 413 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000088 Published Online on 4 March 2024
ARISTOTLE ON PLATO - (A.) Ferro Aristotle on Self-Motion. The Criticism of Plato in De Anima and Physics VIII. (Philosophical Studies in Ancient Thought 1.) Pp. 463. Basel: Schwabe, 2022. Cased, CHF78. ISBN: 978-3-7965-4163-6. Pierre-Marie Morel The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 413 - 415 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000064 Published Online on 4 March 2024
HUMANS IN ARISTOTLE - (G.) Kirk, (J.) Arel (edd.) Aristotle on Human Nature. The Animal with Logos. Pp. viii + 225. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-34831-8. Pavel Gregoric The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 415 - 417 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000787 Published Online on 28 October 2024
LIVING BEINGS IN ARISTOTLE - (C.) Zatta Aristotle and the Animals. The Logos of Life Itself. Pp. x + 237. London and New York: Routledge, 2022. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-0-367-40949-4. Sara Brill The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 417 - 420 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400115X Published Online on 2 October 2024
ARISTOTLE AND BIOLOGY - (P.) Pellegrin Animals in the World. Five Essays on Aristotle's Biology. Translated by Anthony Preus. Pp. vi + 324. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2023. Cased, US$95. ISBN: 978-1-4384-9147-9. Aurora Yu The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 420 - 422 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000866 Published Online on 28 October 2024
THE REMAINS OF THE WORKS OF CHOERILUS OF IASUS - (M.) Pelucchi Cherilo di Iaso. Testimonianze, frammenti, fortuna. (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 407.) Pp. xx + 251. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £100, €109.95, US$126.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-074660-0. Frances Pownall The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 422 - 424 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000222 Published Online on 1 April 2024
STUDIES ON COMEDY AND EPIGRAM - (E.) Bathrellou, (M.M.) Di Nino (edd.) Munere mortis. Studies in Greek Literature in Memory of Colin Austin. (Cambridge Classical Journal Supplement 45.) Pp. xvi + 309. Cambridge: The Cambridge Philological Society, 2022. Cased, £60. ISBN: 978-1-913701-44-4. Ronald Blankenborg The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 424 - 426 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000647 Published Online on 16 September 2024
PHILIP V AND POLYBIUS - (E.) Nicholson Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories. Politics, History, and Fiction. Pp. xvi + 391, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £100, US$130. ISBN: 978-0-19-286676-9. Giustina Monti The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 426 - 428 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000106 Published Online on 4 March 2024
THE STOIC HECATO OF RHODES - (C.) Veillard (ed., trans.) Hécaton de Rhodes: Les Fragments. Texte, traduction et commentaire. (Histoire des Doctrines de l'Antiquité Classique 55.) Pp. 369. Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 2022. Paper, €34. ISBN: 978-2-7116-3002-8. Ada Bronowski The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 429 - 431 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000830 Published Online on 18 September 2024
THE COMPOSITION OF THE BIBLIOTHECA - (J.A.) Michels Agenorid Myth in the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus. A Philological Commentary of Bibl. III.1–56 and a Study into the Composition and Organization of the Handbook. (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 402.) Pp. xii + 897. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £175.50, €194.95, US$201.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-060279-1. Joan Pagès The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 431 - 433 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000362 Published Online on 29 April 2024
JOSEPHUS AND PLUTARCH ON LAWGIVERS - (U.) Westwood Moses among the Greek Lawgivers. Reading Josephus’ Antiquities through Plutarch's Lives. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 210.) Pp. xiv + 264. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €116, US$129. ISBN: 978-90-04-68134-7. David R. Edwards The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 433 - 435 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000295 Published Online on 22 March 2024
HERO OF ALEXANDRIA AND HIS AFTERLIFE - (C.A.) Roby The Mechanical Tradition of Hero of Alexandria. Strategies of Reading from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period. Pp. viii + 299, b/w & colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-316-51623-2. Liba Taub The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 435 - 437 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001070 Published Online on 2 October 2024
ANOTHER COMPANION TO PLUTARCH - (F.B.) Titchener, (A.V.) Zadorojnyi (edd.) The Cambridge Companion to Plutarch. Pp. x + 502, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paper, £29.99, US$39.99 (Cased, £89.99, US$120). ISBN: 978-0-521-17656-9 (978-0-521-76622-7 hbk). Sophia Xenophontos The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 438 - 440 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000283 Published Online on 16 April 2024
SILENCES IN PLUTARCH - (J.) Beneker, (C.) Cooper, (N.) Humble, (F.B.) Titchener (edd.) Plutarch's Unexpected Silences. Suppression and Selection in the Lives and Moralia. (Brill's Plutarch Studies 10.) Pp. xiv + 307. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €140, US$169. ISBN: 978-90-04-51424-9. Sulochana R. Asirvatham The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 440 - 443 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000337 Published Online on 26 April 2024
PTOLEMY'S HANDY TABLES - (O.) Defaux La Table des rois. Contribution à l'histoire textuelle des Tables faciles de Ptolémée. (Chronoi 8.) Pp. xii + 367. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Paper, £45.50, €49.95, US$54.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-130395-6. Open access. Alexander Jones The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 443 - 445 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000799 Published Online on 18 September 2024
LUCIAN'S MOCKERY IN CONTEXT - (I.N.I.) Kuin Lucian's Laughing Gods. Religion, Philosophy, and Popular Culture in the Roman East. Pp. x + 293. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2023. Cased, US$80. ISBN: 978-0-472-13334-5. Julius Grant-Gubbins The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 445 - 447 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001318 Published Online on 21 October 2024
CASSIUS DIO AND CIVILITAS - (M.) Bono Alla ricerca della civilitas. Le relazioni tra princeps e aristocrazia nella Storia Romana di Cassio Dione. Pp. 633, fig. Besançon: Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2022. Paper, €45. ISBN: 978-2-84867-922-8. Estelle Bertrand The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 448 - 450 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000957 Published Online on 18 September 2024
EDITORIAL NOTES ON PHILOSTRATUS’ BIOGRAPHY - (G.) Boter Critical Notes on Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Pp. viii + 317. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £109.50, €119.95, US$131.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-124365-8. Yasuhiro Katsumata The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 450 - 452 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000763 Published Online on 16 September 2024
STUDIES ON PLOTINUS - (L.) Ferroni, (D.P.) Taormina (edd.) Plotinus IV 7 (2) On the Immortality of the Soul. Studies on the Text and its Contexts. (Academia Philosophical Studies 79.) Pp. 292. Baden-Baden: Academia, 2022. Paper, €64. ISBN: 978-3-89665-998-9. Cinzia Arruzza The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 452 - 454 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000532 Published Online on 22 August 2024
EUSEBIUS AND THE GOSPELS - (J.) Coogan Eusebius the Evangelist. Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity. Pp. xvi + 234, ills. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £47.99, US$99. ISBN: 978-0-19-758004-2. Edward J. Creedy The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 455 - 457 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400091X Published Online on 18 September 2024
HAGIOGRAPHY AND FICTION - (J.) Van Pelt, (K.) De Temmerman (edd.) Narrative, Imagination and Concepts of Fiction in Late Antique Hagiography. (Mnemosyne Supplements 478.) Pp. x + 320. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2024. Cased, €119. ISBN: 978-90-04-68507-9. Laura Franco The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 457 - 460 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001057 Published Online on 18 September 2024
VERBAL NOUNS IN LATIN - (O.) Spevak Nominalization in Latin. Pp. x + 260. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £75, US$100. ISBN: 978-0-19-286601-1. Martin Taillade The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 460 - 462 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001082 Published Online on 8 October 2024
RHETORIC AND PHILOSOPHY IN CICERO - (N.) Gilbert, (M.) Graver, (S.) McConnell (edd.) Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy. Pp. x + 268. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-009-17033-8. Giuseppe La Bua The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 462 - 464 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400009X Published Online on 4 March 2024
GUIDANCE ON CICERO'S DE OFFICIIS - (R.) Woolf (ed.) Cicero's De Officiis. A Critical Guide. Pp. xii + 256. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-316-51801-4. Michele Kennerly The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 464 - 466 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000155 Published Online on 11 March 2024
FURTHER THOUGHTS ON SOME CATULLAN QUESTIONS - (T.P.) Wiseman Catullan Questions Revisited. Pp. x + 176, b/w & colour ills, colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-23574-7. Jesse Hill The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 466 - 468 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000192 Published Online on 27 March 2024
DIGRESSIONS IN SALLUST - (E.H.) Shaw Sallust and the Fall of the Republic. Historiography and Intellectual Life at Rome. (Historiography of Rome and Its Empire 13.) Pp. xii + 506. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €132, US$159. ISBN: 978-90-04-50171-3. Luca Grillo The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 469 - 470 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000325 Published Online on 26 April 2024
VIRGIL AND HIS COMMENTATORS - (D.) Vallat (ed.) Vergilius orator. Lire et commenter les discours de l’Énéide dans l'Antiquité tardive. (Studi e Testi Tardoantichi 20.) Pp. 388. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022. Paper, €75. ISBN: 978-2-503-59583-2. Sergio Casali The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 470 - 473 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000672 Published Online on 16 September 2024
A COMMENTARY ON OVID'S AMORES 3 - (P.J.) Davis (ed., trans.) Ovid: Amores Book 3. Edited with an Introduction, Translation, and Commentary. Pp. xiv + 384. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £130, US$170. ISBN: 978-0-19-887130-9. Natalie J. Swain The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 473 - 475 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001100 Published Online on 22 October 2024
ECOCRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON OVID - (F.) Martelli, (G.) Sissa (edd.) Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination. Pp. xii + 250, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-26894-4. Kirk Freudenburg The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 475 - 478 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000143 Published Online on 4 March 2024
OVID'S FASTI AND AMBIGUITY - (D.) Šterbenc Erker Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid's Fasti. Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family. (Mnemosyne Supplements 466.) Pp. xvi + 297. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €128. ISBN: 978-90-04-52703-4. John Scheid The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 478 - 480 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000738 Published Online on 16 September 2024
OVID, LIVY AND AUGUSTAN PROPAGANDA - (M.) Presutti, (F.) Bono (edd.) Sopravvivere al Principe. Ovidio e Livio tra integrazione e contestazione. (Problemi e Ricerche di Storia Antica 34.) Pp. 295, ills, map. Rome and Bristol, CT: ‘L'ERMA’ di Bretschneider, 2022. Paper, €140. ISBN: 978-88-913-2016-2. Enrico Simonetti The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 480 - 483 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000349 Published Online on 18 April 2024
WOMEN ON THE VERGE IN LIVY AND VALERIUS MAXIMUS - (T.) Helmke Exemplarisches Krisenwissen. Gender in Narrativ und Narration des frühen Prinzipats. (Hypomnemata 217.) Pp. 329. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2023. Cased, €90. ISBN: 978-3-647-30228-7. Richard H. Armstrong The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 483 - 485 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400060X Published Online on 31 May 2024
LUCAN: LOVE AND STRIFE - (G.) Celotto Amor Belli. Love and Strife in Lucan's Bellum Civile. Pp. viii + 234. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022. Cased, US$75. ISBN: 978-0-472-13287-4. Elaine C. Sanderson The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 485 - 487 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000660 Published Online on 4 October 2024
EDITORS, COMMENTATORS AND STATIUS - (A.) Lóio (ed.) Editing and Commenting on Statius’ Silvae. (Mnemosyne Supplements 464.) Pp. xiv + 257, b/w & colour ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €114. ISBN: 978-90-04-52841-3. Nicolas Liney The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 487 - 490 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000593 Published Online on 22 August 2024
SILIUS ITALICUS AND NARRATOLOGY - (E.) Schedel Ambiguities of War: a Narratological Commentary on Silius Italicus’ Battle of Ticinus (Sil. 4.1–479). (Mnemosyne Supplements 463.) Pp. viii + 418. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €148. ISBN: 978-90-04-52266-4. Clayton A. Schroer The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 490 - 492 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000453 Published Online on 30 May 2024
PLINY'S DESCRIPTION OF VESUVIUS - (P.W.) Foss Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius. Pp. xviii + 333, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2022. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-0-415-70546-2. Matthew Mordue The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 492 - 494 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000416 Published Online on 30 May 2024
ENCYCLOPEDIC TACITUS - (V.E.) Pagán (ed.) The Tacitus Encyclopedia. In two volumes. Pp. xxxvi + xxviii + 1245, ills, map. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2023. Cased, £319, US$420. ISBN: 978-1-394-19300-4 (vol. 1), 978-1-394-19299-1 (vol. 2), 978-1-444-35025-8 (set). Pablo Rojas The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 494 - 496 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400026X Published Online on 21 March 2024
Pagán (V. E.) (ed.) The Tacitus Encyclopedia. In two volumes. Pp. xxxvi + xxviii + 1245, ills, map. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2023. Cased, £319, US$420. ISBN: 978-1-394-19300-4 (vol. 1), 978-1-394-19299-1 (vol. 2), 978-1-444-35025-8 (set) – Corrigendum Pablo Rojas The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 497 - 497 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001276 Published Online on 22 October 2024
APULEIUS AND DISCOURSE - (E.) Adkins Discourse, Knowledge, and Power in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses. Pp. xii + 277. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022. Cased, US$80. ISBN: 978-0-472-13305-5. Emmanuel Plantade The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 497 - 499 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000933 Published Online on 18 September 2024
MONEY AND POWER - (J.) Armstrong, (A.J.) Pomeroy, (D.) Rosenbloom (edd.) Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World. Studies in Honour of Matthew Freeman Trundle. Pp. xviii + 282, figs, ills, maps. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-28376-3. Christopher J. Joyce The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 499 - 502 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000817 Published Online on 18 September 2024
A HISTORY OF DISSECTION - (C.) Bubb Dissection in Classical Antiquity. A Social and Medical History. Pp. x + 402, colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £34.99, US$44.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-15947-0. Michael Goyette The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 502 - 504 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000581 Published Online on 27 August 2024
SELF-GOVERNANCE ACROSS TIME - (D.) Krüger, (C.) Mohamad-Klotzbach, (R.) Pfeilschifter (edd.) Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South. Theoretical and Empirical Insights from an Interdisciplinary Perspective. Pp. viii + 474, figs, b/w & colour ills, maps. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £82, €89.95, US$103.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-079624-7. Open access. Daniëlle Slootjes The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 505 - 507 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000702 Published Online on 27 September 2024
INSIGHTS INTO PHARAONIC EGYPT - (R.) Bussmann The Archaeology of Pharaonic Egypt. Society and Culture, 2700–1700 bc. Pp. xiv + 426, figs, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £100, US$130. ISBN: 978-1-107-03038-1. Juan Carlos Moreno García The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 507 - 509 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001033 Published Online on 18 September 2024
THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND ISSUES OF GENDER - (S.L.) Budin Gender in the Ancient Near East. Pp. xiv + 309, ills, maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Paper, £32.99, US$42.95 (Cased, £120, US$160). ISBN: 978-0-367-33154-2 (978-0-367-33153-5 hbk). Laura Quick The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 509 - 511 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400074X Published Online on 26 September 2024
ARCHIVAL PRACTICES IN ANCIENT GREECE - (L.) Boffo, (M.) Faraguna Le poleis e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni e società nell'antichità greca. (Graeca Tergestina. Storia e Civiltà 6.) Pp. xxiv + 964. Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2021. Paper, €35. ISBN: 978-88-5511-253-6. Edward M. Harris The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 511 - 513 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000684 Published Online on 16 September 2024
EARLY GREEK COLONIES - (C.) Colombi, (V.) Parisi, (O.) Dally, (M.A.) Guggisberg, (G.) Piras (edd.) Comparing Greek Colonies. Mobility and Settlement Consolidation from Southern Italy to the Black Sea (8th–6th Century bc). Proceedings of the International Conference (Rome, 7.–9.11.2018). Pp. xviii + 596, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2022. Cased, £154.50, €169.95, US$195.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-068232-8. Jana Mokrišová The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 514 - 516 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000544 Published Online on 30 May 2024
ASPECTS OF GREEK COLONISATION - (J.A.) Krasilnikoff, (B.) Lowe (edd.) The Greeks in Iberia and Their Mediterranean Context. Pp. xiv + 262, ills, maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. Cased, £130, US$170. ISBN: 978-1-032-47090-0. Carolina López-Ruiz The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 517 - 519 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400088X Published Online on 18 September 2024
GREEK ARCHAIC CHRONOLOGY - (A.) Kellner Die griechische Archaik. Konstruktion einer Chronologie im Wechselspiel schriftlicher und archäologischer Quellen. (Philippika 156.) Pp. xii + 465, fig., ills, maps. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2022. Cased, €128. ISBN: 978-3-447-11780-7. Hans van Wees The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 520 - 521 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000696 Published Online on 2 October 2024
AN OVERVIEW OF ARCHAIC ATHENS AND ATTICA - (R.) Osborne The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World. Volume II: Athens and Attica. Pp. xlviii + 405, figs, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £71, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-764442-3. Jessica Paga The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 522 - 524 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001021 Published Online on 26 September 2024
THE EDGES OF THE EARTH FOR THE GREEKS - (D.) Fallmann Der Rand der Welt. Die Vorstellungen der Griechen von den Grenzen der Welt in archaischer und klassischer Zeit. (Hypomnemata 220.) Pp. 501, b/w & colour ills. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2024. Cased, €100. ISBN: 978-3-525-30240-8. Raimund Schulz The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 524 - 526 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001148 Published Online on 26 September 2024
RELATIONS BETWEEN ATHENS AND BOIOTIA - (R.) Van Wijk Athens and Boiotia. Interstate Relations in the Archaic and Classical Periods. Pp. xvi + 461, colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Cased, £115, US$150. ISBN: 978-1-009-34059-5. Jeremy McInerney The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 526 - 528 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400129X Published Online on 17 October 2024
SPARTA AND ATHENS - (P.A.) Rahe Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War. The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta 418–413 b.c. Pp. xx + 369, ills, maps. New York and London: Encounter Books, 2023. Paper, US$34.99. ISBN: 978-1-64177-337-9. Thomas Figueira The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 529 - 531 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001185 Published Online on 26 September 2024
FORTIFICATIONS IN THE ARGOLID - (A.M.) Blomley A Landscape of Conflict? Rural Fortifications in the Argolid (400–146 bc). Pp. x + 312, colour figs, b/w & colour ills, colour maps. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2022. Paper, £55. ISBN: 978-1-78969-970-8. Clemence Weber-Pallez The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 531 - 533 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000052 Published Online on 7 March 2024
THE ROLE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT - (J.) Degen Alexander III. zwischen Ost und West. Indigene Traditionen und Herrschaftsinszenierung im makedonischen Weltimperium. (Oriens et Occidens 39.) Pp. 489. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2022. Cased, €86. ISBN: 978-3-515-13283-1. Shane Wallace The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 534 - 536 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001161 Published Online on 18 September 2024
THE FINAL PERIOD OF THE MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - (I.) Worthington The Last Kings of Macedonia and the Triumph of Rome. Pp. xxii + 293, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £22.99, US$34.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-752005-5. Elizabeth Kosmetatou The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 536 - 538 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002652 Published Online on 21 February 2024
ATHLETES IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD - (S.) Scharff Hellenistic Athletes. Agonistic Cultures and Self-Presentation. Pp. xiv + 369, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Cased, £100, US$130. ISBN: 978-1-009-19995-7. David Lunt The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 538 - 540 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000908 Published Online on 18 September 2024
VIEWS ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - (E.) Strazdins Fashioning the Future in Roman Greece. Memory, Monuments, Texts. Pp. xxiv + 368, ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £100, US$130. ISBN: 978-0-19-286610-3. Giorgia Proietti The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 541 - 543 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000234 Published Online on 22 March 2024
ASPECTS OF THE USE OF WATER IN THE ROMAN WORLD - (M.) Henig, (J.) Lundock (edd.) Water in the Roman World. Engineering, Trade, Religion and Daily Life. (Roman Archaeology 91.) Pp. vi + 204, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2022. Paper, £38. ISBN: 978-1-80327-300-6. Nathalie de Haan The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 543 - 545 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001112 Published Online on 26 September 2024
FERTILITY IN ROMAN SOCIETY - (A.) Hug Fertility, Ideology, and the Cultural Politics of Reproduction at Rome. (Impact of Empire 45.) Pp. xiv + 314, colour ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €132. ISBN: 978-90-04-54077-4. Lauren Hackworth Petersen The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 546 - 547 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000751 Published Online on 16 September 2024
ROMAN MOTHERS - (A.) Tatarkiewicz The ‘cursus laborum’ of Roman Women. Social and Medical Aspects of the Transition from Puberty to Motherhood. Translated by Magdalena Jarczyk. Pp. xii + 239, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Cased, £85, US$115. ISBN: 978-1-350-33739-8. Julie Laskaris The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 548 - 549 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001045 Published Online on 22 October 2024
EARLY ROMAN HISTORY - (T.) Cornell, (N.) Meunier, (D.) Miano (edd.) Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Rome. (Historiography of Rome and Its Empire 17.) Pp. xii + 246, ills. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2023. Cased, €116. ISBN: 978-90-04-53449-0. Matthew Fox The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 550 - 552 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001094 Published Online on 18 September 2024
ROME'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY - (J.A.) North (ed.) The Religious History of the Roman Empire. The Republican Centuries. Pp. xx + 396, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £100, US$130. ISBN: 978-0-19-964406-3. Eric Orlin The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 552 - 555 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000945 Published Online on 18 September 2024
THE METAPHOR OF THE BODY POLITIC - (J.) Mebane The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought. Pp. x + 253. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-009-38929-7. Daniel J. Kapust The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 555 - 557 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000891 Published Online on 18 September 2024
ASPECTS OF ROMAN SENATE DECREES - (A.) Gallo, (S.) Lohsse, (P.) Buongiorno (edd.) Miscellanea senatoria II. (Acta Senatus B 11.) Pp. 241. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2023. Cased, €84. ISBN: 978-3-515-12959-6. Guillaume de Méritens de Villeneuve The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 557 - 558 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000623 Published Online on 27 August 2024
ESSAYS ON ROME AND ITALY - (S.) Bernard, (L.M.) Mignone, (D.) Padilla Peralta (edd.) Making the Middle Republic. New Approaches to Rome and Italy, c. 400–200 bce. Pp. xx + 334, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £100, US$130. ISBN: 978-1-009-32798-5. J.H. Richardson The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 559 - 561 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400012X Published Online on 14 March 2024
FASCES IN ANCIENT ROME AND BEYOND - (T.C.) Brennan The Fasces. A History of Ancient Rome's Most Dangerous Political Symbol. Pp. xii + 291, ills. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £22.99, US$34.95. ISBN: 978-0-19-764488-1. Michèle Lowrie The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 561 - 563 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400057X Published Online on 22 August 2024
THE NATURE OF ROMAN REPUBLICAN HISTORY - (M.) Balbo, (F.) Santangelo (edd.) A Community in Transition. Rome between Hannibal and the Gracchi. Pp. xii + 378, figs, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £71, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-765524-5. Chiara Strazzulla The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 564 - 566 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001288 Published Online on 17 October 2024
SORTITIO IN ANCIENT ROME - (J.) Bothorel Gouverner par le hasard. Le tirage au sort des provinces à Rome (IIIe s. av. J.–C.-1er s. ap. J.–C.). (Collection de L’École française de Rome 604.) Pp. 569, ills. Rome: École française de Rome, 2023. Paper, €36. ISBN: 978-2-7283-1579-6. David Rafferty The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 566 - 568 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000805 Published Online on 26 September 2024
UPRISINGS IN SICILY - (P.) Morton Slavery and Rebellion in Second-Century bc Sicily. From Bellum Servile to Sicilia Capta. Pp. xviii + 225, ills, maps. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2024. Cased, £95. ISBN: 978-1-3995-1573-3. Peter Hunt The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 568 - 570 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001136 Published Online on 18 September 2024
ROMAN CULTURAL MEMORY - (M.T.) Dinter, (C.) Guérin (edd.) Cultural Memory in Republican and Augustan Rome. Pp. xvi + 475, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £115, US$150. ISBN: 978-1-009-32775-6. Steven H. Rutledge The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 570 - 573 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001173 Published Online on 18 September 2024
AUGUSTUS AND THE STARS - (A.-M.) Lewis Celestial Inclinations. A Life of Augustus. Pp. xvi + 538, ills. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £81, US$125. ISBN: 978-0-19-759964-8. Steven J. Green The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 574 - 575 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000374 Published Online on 19 April 2024
TEMPLES AND PROPERTY IN ROMAN EGYPT - (A.) Connor Confiscation or Coexistence. Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus. Pp. xiv + 224, b/w & colour ills, maps. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022. Cased, US$75. ISBN: 978-0-472-13322-2. Andrew Gallia The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 576 - 577 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000556 Published Online on 30 May 2024
RETHINKING COLONIAL TOPOI IN A SOCIAL HISTORY OF AFRICA IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE - (D.J.) Mattingly Between Sahara and Sea. Africa in the Roman Empire. Pp. xxvi + 717, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2023. Cased, US$44.95. ISBN: 978-0-472-13345-1. Sergio España-Chamorro The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 577 - 580 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000398 Published Online on 19 April 2024
THE ROLE OF TOKENS - (C.) Rowan Tokens and Social Life in Roman Imperial Italy. Pp. xx + 247, colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paper, £29.99, US$38.99 (Cased, £85, US$110). ISBN: 978-1-009-01574-5 (978-1-316-51653-9 hbk). Open access. George C. Watson The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 580 - 582 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000489 Published Online on 7 May 2024
ROMAN EMPERORS AND FOOD - (C.) Cerchiai Manodori Sagredo I banchetti degli imperatori romani. (Studia Archaeologica 253.) Pp. x + 145, ills. Rome and Bristol, CT: ‘L'ERMA’ di Bretschneider, 2022. Paper, €30. ISBN: 978-88-913-2526-6. Almudena Villegas Becerril The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 582 - 583 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001240 Published Online on 4 October 2024
APPROACHES TO BAUFORSCHUNG - (D.) Borbonus, (E.A.) Dumser (edd.) Building the Classical World. Bauforschung as a Contemporary Approach. Pp. xxvi + 280, b/w & colour ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £64, US$99. ISBN: 978-0-19-069052-6. Marcello Mogetta The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 584 - 587 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000209 Published Online on 27 March 2024
PLANES, FRAMES AND PICTORIAL RELIEF - (M.) Koortbojian The Representation of Space in Graeco-Roman Art. Relief Sculpture, Problems of Form, and Modern Historiography. (Image & Context 24.) Pp. viii + 360, ills. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £118, €129.95, US$149.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-103740-0. Jessica Venner The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 587 - 589 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001392 Published Online on 11 November 2024
THOUGHTS ON GRIFFIN CAULDRONS - (N.) Papalexandrou Bronze Monsters and the Cultures of Wonder. Griffin Cauldrons in the Preclassical Mediterranean. Pp. xx + 276, figs, ills, map. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021. Cased, US$55. ISBN: 978-1-4773-2361-8. Marek Verčík The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 589 - 591 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000519 Published Online on 27 August 2024
THE DORIC TEMPLE - (G.) Zuchtriegel The Making of the Doric Temple. Architecture, Religion, and Social Change in Archaic Greece. Pp. xvi + 258, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-26010-7. Lex Ladge The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 591 - 593 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001069 Published Online on 18 September 2024
HARBOUR STUDIES - (I.) Nakas The Hellenistic and Roman Harbours of Delos and Kenchreai. Their Construction, Use and Evolution. (BAR International Series 3099.) Pp. xiv + 170, colour figs, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2022. Paper, £53. ISBN: 978-1-4073-5981-6. Michael J. Curtis The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 594 - 595 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000635 Published Online on 16 September 2024
ASPECTS OF ROMAN INSULAE - (S.) Straumann, (P.-A.) Schwarz Insulae in Context. Proceedings of the International Colloquium in Basel and Augusta Raurica, September 25th – 28th 2019. (Forschungen in Augst 57.) Pp. 328, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Augst: Augusta Raurica, 2023. Cased, CHF80. ISBN: 978-3-7965-4848-2. Alexandra Dardenay The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 596 - 598 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000854 Published Online on 18 September 2024
THE ARTIALISATION OF ROMAN LANDSCAPE IN THE ELITE VILLA - (M.) Zarmakoupi Shaping Roman Landscape. Ecocritical Approaches to Architecture and Wall Painting in Early Imperial Italy. Pp. 208, b/w & colour maps, b/w & colour pls. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023. Cased, US$65. ISBN: 978-1-60606-848-9. Jessica Venner The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 598 - 600 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001409 Published Online on 11 November 2024
PUBLIC SPACES IN POMPEII - (A.) Haug Öffentliche Räume in Pompeji. Zum Design urbaner Atmosphären. (Decor. Decorative Principles in Late Republican and Early Imperial Italy 5.) Pp. viii + 482, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. Cased, £127, €139.95, US$160.99. ISBN: 978-3-11-099792-7. Open access. Ivo Van der Graaff The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 600 - 602 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000714 Published Online on 16 September 2024
ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS IN LATE ANTIQUITY - (A.M.) Sitz Pagan Inscriptions, Christian Viewers. The Afterlives of Temples and Their Texts in the Late Antique Eastern Mediterranean. Pp. xxviii + 321, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £71, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-766643-2. Krzysztof Nawotka The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 602 - 604 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X23002664 Published Online on 29 August 2024
THE ROLE OF THE HYPERBOREANS - (G.) Lambin Les Hyperboréens. Du mythe à l'histoire. Pp. 129. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2023. Paper, €15. ISBN: 978-2-336-42829-1. Emilio Suárez de la Torre The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 605 - 606 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000829 Published Online on 18 September 2024
THE FIGURE OF PELOPS - (A.) Patay-Horváth Transformations of Pelops. Myths, Monuments, and Cult Reconsidered. Pp. xxii + 286, ills, maps. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-0-367-76698-6. Thomas Alexander Husøy The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 607 - 608 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000465 Published Online on 9 October 2024
COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO ANCIENT RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE - (E.) Eidinow, (A.W.) Geertz, (J.) North (edd.) Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience. Pp. xiv + 299, map. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-316-51533-4. Efrosyni Boutsikas The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 609 - 612 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400043X Published Online on 3 June 2024
DIVINATION FROM A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE - (G.) Frigerio A Cognitive Analysis of the Main Apolline Divinatory Practices. Decoding Divination. Pp. xii + 198, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Cased, £120, US$160. ISBN: 978-1-032-41152-1. Hugh Bowden The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 612 - 614 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000131 Published Online on 4 March 2024
STUDIES OF ROMAN PHILOSOPHY - (M.) Garani, (D.) Konstan, (G.) Reydams-Schils (edd.) The Oxford Handbook of Roman Philosophy. Pp. xviii + 625. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £97, US$190. ISBN: 978-0-19-932838-3. Chiara Graf, Peter Osorio The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 614 - 617 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001215 Published Online on 26 September 2024
ISAGOGICAL PATTERNS IN ANCIENT TEXTS - (A.) Motta, (F.M.) Petrucci (edd.) Isagogical Crossroads from the Early Imperial Age to the End of Antiquity. (Philosophia Antiqua 164.) Pp. xii + 269. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €130, US$156. ISBN: 978-90-04-50618-3. Mareike Hauer The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 617 - 620 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000039 Published Online on 7 March 2024
NEOPLATONISM AND GENDER - (J.) Schultz, (J.) Wilberding (edd.) Women and the Female in Neoplatonism. (Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition 30.) Pp. xiv + 312. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022. Cased, €135. ISBN: 978-90-04-51046-3. Emilie Kutash The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 620 - 623 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000441 Published Online on 7 May 2024
ROMAN VIEWS ON TIME AND SPACE - (R.J.A.) Talbert World and Hour in Roman Minds. Exploratory Essays. Pp. xviii + 308, ills, maps. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £71, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-760634-6. Andrew M. Riggsby The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 623 - 625 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000118 Published Online on 4 March 2024
ASPECTS OF MADNESS - (C.) Laes, (I.) Metzler (edd.) ‘Madness’ in the Ancient World: Innate or Acquired? From Theoretical Concepts to Daily Life. (Antiquité et Sciences Humaines 10.) Pp. 360, b/w & colour ills. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023. Paper, €70. ISBN: 978-2-503-60190-8. Chiara Thumiger The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 625 - 627 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000490 Published Online on 7 May 2024
ASPECTS OF RAPE IN ANTIQUITY - (S.) Deacy, (J.M.) Magalhães, (J.Z.) Menzies (edd.) Revisiting Rape in Antiquity. Sexualised Violence in Greek and Roman Worlds. Pp. xiv + 285, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Cased, £130, US$175. ISBN: 978-1-350-09920-3. India Watkins Nattermann The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 627 - 630 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001008 Published Online on 27 September 2024
ROME AND CHINA IN COMPARISON - (R.) Robinson Imperial Cults. Religion and Politics in the Early Han and Roman Empires. Pp. x + 191, map. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £54, US$83. ISBN: 978-0-19-766604-3. Goran Đurđević The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 630 - 632 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000477 Published Online on 7 May 2024
THE RECEPTION AND LEGACY OF ANCIENT SPORT - (P.J.) Miller Sport. Antiquity and Its Legacy. Pp. x + 223, ills, maps. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Paper, £19.99, US$26.95 (Cased, £65, US$90). ISBN: 978-1-350-14021-9 (978-1-350-14020-2 hbk). Matthew P. Evans The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 632 - 634 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000659 Published Online on 23 October 2024
MEDEA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - (A.) Albrektson, (F.) Macintosh (edd.) Mapping Medea. Revolutions and Transfers 1750–1800. Pp. xiv + 256, ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Cased, £83, US$110. ISBN: 978-0-19-288419-0. Betine Van Zyl Smit The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 635 - 636 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000878 Published Online on 28 October 2024
ANTIGONE IN PERU - (C.) Pérez Díaz Antígona by José Watanabe. A Bilingual Edition with Critical Essays. Pp. xiv + 157, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. Paper, £34.99, US$44.95 (Cased, £120, US$160). ISBN: 978-0-367-71336-2 (978-0-367-71338-6 hbk). J.J.H. Klooster The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 637 - 639 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400101X Published Online on 18 September 2024
PLACEMAKING IN ROME OVER CENTURIES - (A.) Sebastiani Ancient Rome and the Modern Italian State. Ideological Placemaking, Archaeology, and Architecture, 1870–1945. Pp. xxx + 274, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Cased, £85, US$110. ISBN: 978-1-009-35410-3. Darian Marie Totten The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 639 - 641 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000271 Published Online on 1 April 2024
CLASSICS AND CELTIC STUDIES - (G.) Baker Classics and Celtic Literary Modernism. Yeats, Joyce, MacDiarmid and Jones. Pp. xxiv + 299. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-108-84486-4. Randall Pogorzelski The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 642 - 643 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000040 Published Online on 4 March 2024
TOLKIEN AND CLASSICS - (H.) Williams J.R.R. Tolkien's Utopianism and the Classics. Pp. xiv + 206. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Cased, £75, US$100. ISBN: 978-1-350-24145-9. Fiammetta Comelli, Serena Barbuto The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 644 - 645 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000969 Published Online on 26 September 2024
MYSTERY CULTS AND SCHOLARSHIP - (A.) Lannoy, (D.) Praet (edd.) The Christian Mystery. Early Christianity and the Ancient Mystery Cults in the Work of Franz Cumont and in the History of Scholarship. (Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 81.) Pp. 335. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2023. Paper, €60. ISBN: 978-3-515-13197-1. David Walsh The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 646 - 648 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000611 Published Online on 22 August 2024
THE ROLE OF FOUCAULT - (S.) Boehringer, (D.) Lorenzini (edd.) Foucault, Sexuality, Antiquity. Translated by M. Altman and K. Ellerby. Pp. xii + 143. London and New York: Routledge, 2022 (originally published as Foucault, la sexualité, l'Antiquité, 2016). Paper, £34.99, US$44.95 (Cased, £120, US$160). ISBN: 978-1-03-201452-4 (978-1-03-201459-3 hbk). Paul Allen Miller The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 648 - 651 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000076 Published Online on 7 March 2024
‘CRITICAL ANCIENT WORLD STUDIES’ - (M.) Umachandran, (M.) Ward (edd.) Critical Ancient World Studies. The Case for Forgetting Classics. Pp. xvi + 268, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. Paper, £35.99. ISBN: 978-1-032-12011-9. Open access. Mateusz Stróżyński The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 651 - 654 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24000507 Published Online on 10 May 2024
Editorial Note
EDITORIAL NOTE The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 655 - 655 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X2400146X Published Online on 27 December 2024
Notices
NOTICES - (J.) Robson Aristophanes: An Introduction. Pp. xii + 244, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2009 (re-issued in paperback 2024). Paper, £22.99, US$30.95. ISBN: 978-0-7156-3452-3. Zachary P. Biles The Classical Review, Volume 74 / Issue 2, October 2024, pp 657 - 659 doi: 10.1017/S0009840X24001197 Published Online on 30 September 2024
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