Books Received

Agapitos, Panagiotis, and Lars Mortensen, eds. Medieval Narratives between History and Fiction: From the Centre to the Periphery of Europe, c. 1100–1400. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2012. viii. + 389 pp. Cloth, $76.

Ash, Rhiannon, ed. Tacitus. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. xi + 475 pp. Paper, $75.

Barnes, Michael P. Runes: A Handbook. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2012. xvi + 240 pp. Numerous black-and-white ills. and figs. Cloth, $80.

Beneker, Jeffrey. The Passionate Statesman: Eros and Politics in Plutarch’s Lives. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. xii + 258 pp. Cloth, $99.

Biville, Frederique, et al., eds. Latin Vulgaire—Latin Tardif IX. Collection de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée 49. Série Linguistique et Philologique 8. Lyon: Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée—Jean Pouilloux, 2012. 1086 pp. Paper, €86.

Briggs, Richard S. Reading the Bible Wisely: An Introduction to Taking Scripture Seriously. Rev. ed. Eugene, Ore.: Cascade, 2012. xii + 153 pp. Paper, $19.

Camia, Francesco. Theoi Sebastoi: il culto degli imperatori Romani in Grecia (Provincia Achaia) nel secondo secolo D.C. ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 65. Athens: Centre de recherche de l’antiquité grecque et romaine, 2011. Dist. by Boccard. 367 pp. Numerous black-and-white ills., maps, and tables. Paper, price not stated.

Canali de Rossi, Filippo. Ἱππικά. Corse di cavalli e di carri in Grecia, Etruria e Roma: Le radici classiche della moderna competizione sportiva. Volume 1: La gara delle quadrighe nel mundo greco. Rome: Self-Published, 2011. xiii + 162 pp. Paper, price not stated.

Caston, Victor, ed. Alexander of Aphrodisias: On the Soul. Part I: Soul as Form of the Body, Parts of the Soul, Nourishment, and Perception. With intro. and comm. The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2012. viii + 248 pp. Cloth, $130.

Citroni, Mario, ed. Letteratura e civitas: Transizioni dalla repubblica all’impero. Testi e studi di cultura classica 53. Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2012. 458 pp. Paper, €35.

Cixous, Hélène. Eve Escapes: Ruins and Life. Trans. Peggy Kamuf. Malden, Mass.: Polity Press, 2012. 166 pp. Paper, $24.95.

Clark, Matthew. Exploring Greek Myth. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. xiii + 196 pp. 10 black-and-white figs. Paper, $34.95.

Copenhaver, Brian, and Lodi Nauta, eds. Lorenzo Valla: Dialectical Disputations, Book 1, vol. 1. The I Tatti Renaissance Library 49. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2012. l + 397 pp. Cloth, $29.95.

———, eds. Lorenzo Valla: Dialectical Disputations, Books 2–3, vol. 2. The I Tatti Renaissance Library 50. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2012. 591 pp. Cloth, $29.95.

Cotton, Hannah, et al., eds. Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae, vol. 1, part 2. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2012. xvi + 576 pp. Numerous black-and-white figs. Cloth, €121.45

Cunliffe, John. A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect. Expanded ed. with a new preface by James H. Dee. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. xiii + 491 pp. Paper, $32.95.

Dova, Stamatia. Greek Heroes In and Out of Hades. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2012. xiv + 227 pp. Cloth, $70.

Dyck, Andrew, trans. Marcus Tullius Cicero: Speeches on behalf of Marcus Fonteius and Marcus Aemilius Scaurus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. vii + 212 pp. Paper, $55.00.

Eskola, Timo. Evil Gods and Reckless Saviours: Adaptation and Appropriation in Late Twentieth-Century Jesus Novels. Eugene, Ore.: Pickwick, 2012. x + 337 pp. Paper, $38.00.

Essler, Holger. Glückselig und unsterblich: Epikureische Theologie bei Cicero und Philodem (mit einer Edition von PHerc. 152/157, Kol. 8–10). Schwabe Epicurea 2. Basel: Schwabe, 2011. 399 pp. Cloth, €60.

Evans, Harry B. Exploring the Kingdom of Saturn: Kircher’s Latium and Its Legacy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. xiv + 236 pp. 27 black-and-white ills. Cloth, $75.

Everitt, Anthony. The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World’s Greatest Empire. New York, N.Y.: Random House, 2012. xviii + 478 pp. Paper, $30.

Foley, Helene. Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage. Sather Classical Lectures 70. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. xv + 375 pp. 26 black-and-white ills. Cloth, $95.00

Forcellino, Antonio. Raphael: A Passionate Life. Trans. Lucinda Byatt. Malden, Mass.: Polity Press, 2012. xii + 299...