Books Received
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Publishers are invited to submit new books to be reviewed to Professor David Sider, Department of Classics, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, Room 503, New York, NY 10003; e-mail: david.sider@nyu.edu.
Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne (eds.). Classical Archaeology. Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2007. Pp. xiii, 447. $89.95 (hb.). ISBN 978-0-631-23418-0;
$39.95 (pb.). ISBN 978-0-631-23419-7. With contributions by the editors and A. Snodgrass, M. Millett, J. L. Davis, H. Hurst, L. Foxhall, M. Jones, H. Forbes, N. Terrenato, T. Hölscher, N. Purcell, L. Nevett, B. Bergmann, C. Smith, J. F. Cherry, P. J. E. Davis, J. M. Hall, A. Wallace-Hadrill, S. P. Morris, and J. Webster.
$39.95 (pb.). ISBN 978-0-631-23419-7. With contributions by the editors and A. Snodgrass, M. Millett, J. L. Davis, H. Hurst, L. Foxhall, M. Jones, H. Forbes, N. Terrenato, T. Hölscher, N. Purcell, L. Nevett, B. Bergmann, C. Smith, J. F. Cherry, P. J. E. Davis, J. M. Hall, A. Wallace-Hadrill, S. P. Morris, and J. Webster.
Jochen Althoff (ed.). Philosophie und Dichtung im antiken Griechenland: Akten der 7. Tagung der Karl und Gertrud Abel-Stiftung am 10. und 11. Oktober 2002 in Bernkastel-Kues. Philosophie der Antike, 23. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2007. Pp. 156. €30.00. ISBN 978-3-515-08824-4.
With contributions by the editor and W. Kullmann, O. Hellmann, A. Rengakos, S. Föllinger, M. Asper, M. Liatsi, and D. Meyer.
With contributions by the editor and W. Kullmann, O. Hellmann, A. Rengakos, S. Föllinger, M. Asper, M. Liatsi, and D. Meyer.
Richard Ashdowne and James Morwood. Writing Latin: An Introduction to Writing in the Language of Cicero and Caesar. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2007. Pp. vi, 186. $23.50 (pb.). ISBN 978-1-85399-701-3.
Distributed by International Publishers Marketing. A review of Latin grammar, with examples and practice sentences, aimed at Latin prose composition.
Distributed by International Publishers Marketing. A review of Latin grammar, with examples and practice sentences, aimed at Latin prose composition.
David Asheri, Alan Lloyd, and Aldo Corcella. A Commentary of Herodotus Books I–IV. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. lxxi, 721. $320.00. ISBN 978-0-19-814956-9.
Originally published in Italian, this book has been translated by Barbara Graziosi, Matteo Rossetti, Carlotta Dus, and Vanessa Cazzato; edited by Oswyn Murray and Alfonso Moreno and with a contribution by Maria Brosius.
Originally published in Italian, this book has been translated by Barbara Graziosi, Matteo Rossetti, Carlotta Dus, and Vanessa Cazzato; edited by Oswyn Murray and Alfonso Moreno and with a contribution by Maria Brosius.
Markus Asper. Griechische Wissenschaftstexte: Formen, Funktionen, Differenzierungsgeschichten. Philosophie der Antike, 25. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2007. Pp. 453. €66.00. ISBN 978-3-515-08959-3.
Mary Beard. The Roman Triumph. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp. 434. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-674-02613-1.
Joanne Berry. The Complete Pompeii. London: Thames and Hudson, 2007. Pp. 256. $40.00. ISBN 978-0-500-05150-4. With many color plates and plans.
Simone Beta (ed.). Vino e poesia: Centocinquanta epigrammi greci sul vino. Milan: La Vita Felice, 2006. Pp. 320. €13.50 (pb.). ISBN 788-877-99176 8.
In Greek with facing Italian translation, with explanatory notes (153–245). [End Page 121]
In Greek with facing Italian translation, with explanatory notes (153–245). [End Page 121]
Chiara Bottici. A Philosophy of Political Myth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. 286. $80.00. ISBN 978-0-521-87655-1.
David J. Breeze. Roman Frontiers in Britain. Classical World Series. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2007. Pp. 103. $20.00 (pb.). ISBN 978-1-85399-698-6.
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. Distributed by International Publishers Marketing
Philip Burton. Language in the Confessions of Augustine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xi, 198. $72.00. ISBN 978-0-19-926622-7.
Joy Connolly. The State of Speech: Rhetoric and Political Thought in Ancient Rome. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Pp. xii, 304. $45.00. ISBN 978-0-691-12364-6.
H. R. Coursen. The Aeneid: A Dramatization. Topsham, Me.: Just Write Books, 2007. Pp. viii, 197. $19.95 (pb.). ISBN 978-0-9722839-1-5.
Aubrey De Sélincourt, rev. John Marincola (tr.). Herodotus: Snakes with Wings and Gold-Digging Ants. Great Journeys. London and New York: Penguin, 2007. Pp. 118. $10.00 (pb.). ISBN 978-0-141-03202-3.
A few of the more amusing stories, with no introduction or book/chapter numbers.
A few of the more amusing stories, with no introduction or book/chapter numbers.
Silke Diederich. Römische Agrarhandbücher zwischen Fachwissenschaft, Literatur und Ideologie. Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, 88. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2007. Pp. xi, 458. $159.30. ISBN 978-3-11-01995-4.
Caroline van Eck. Classical Rhetoric and the Visual Arts in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xii, 225. $80.00. ISBN 978-0-521-84435-2.
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