BMCR 2006.06.01

BMCR Books Received (May)

Bortnes, Jostein, and Tomas Hägg (edd.), Gregory of Nazianzus: Images and Reflections. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2006. Pp. 349. $72.00. ISBN 87-635-0386-7.

Brown, Christopher Leslie and Philip D. Morgan (edd.), Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Pp. 384. $35.00. (pb). ISBN 0-300-10900-8.

Buttner, Stefan, Antike Asthetik. Eine Einführung in die Prinzipien des Schönen. München: C.H. Beck, 2006. Pp. 211. €12.90. ISBN 3-406-54092-9.

Caccamo Caltabiano, M., L. Campagna, and A. Pinzone (edd.), Nuove prospettiva della ricerca sulla Sicilia del III sec. a.C. Archeologia, Numismatica, Storia. Pelorias, 11. Messina: Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antiquità dell’Università degli Studi di Messina, 2004. Pp. 322; pls. 5. €70.00 (pb). ISBN 88-8268-015-0.

Christ, Karl, Klios Wandlungen. Die deutsche Althistorie vom Neuhumanismus bis zur Gegenwart. München: C.H. Beck, 2006. Pp. 288. €44.90. ISBN 3-406-54181-X.

Cultraro, Massimo, I Micenei. Archeologia, storia, società dei Greci prima di Omero. Rome: Carocci, 2006. Pp. 317. €23.20. ISBN 88-430-3415-4.

Dee, James H. (ed.), Repertorium Ovidii Metamorphoseon hexametricum. Hildesheim: Olms, 2006. Pp. 424. €128.00. ISBN 3-487-13112-9.

Dillon, Sheila, Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture: Contexts, Subjects, and Styles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 217. $90.00. ISBN 0-512-85498-9.

Doring, Klaus, Michael Erier, and Stefan Schorn (edd.), Pseudoplatonica. Philosophie der Antike, 22. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005. Pp. 300. €48.00. ISBN 3-515-08643-9.

Feldman, Marian H., Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an “International Style” in the Ancient Near East, 1400-1200 BCE. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 278. $60.00. ISBN 0-226-24044-4.

Gentili, Bruno, Lo spettacolo nel Mondo Antico. Teatro greco e teatro romano arcaico. Roma: Bulzoni Editore, 2006. Pp. 128. €11.00. ISBN 88-7870-092-4.

George, Coulter H., Expressions of Agency in Ancient Greek. Cambridge Classical Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 288. $85.00. ISBN 0-521-84789-3.

Graverini, Luca, Wytse Keulen, and Alessandro Barchiesi, Il Romanzo Antico. Roma: Carocci, 2006. Pp. 247. €18.20 (pb). ISBN 88-430-3795-1.

Guidobaldi, Federico (ed.), Musiva & Sectilia. An International Journal for the Study of Ancient Pavements and Wall Revetments in their Decorative and Architectural Context. 1 (2004). Pisa/Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2005. Pp. 233. €85.00 (pb). Subscription: individuals – €45.00 (Italy); €65.00 (abroad); institutions, paperback with Online Edition – €65.00 (Italy); €95.00 (abroad); institutions, hardback with Online Edition – €95.00 (Italy); €115.00 (abroad). ISSN 1724-9104.

Hammond, Martin (trans.), Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. New translation. Penguin Classics. London: Penguin Classics, 2006. Pp. 300. $10.00 (pb). ISBN 0-140-44933-7.

Hartmann, Markus, Die frühlateinischen Inschriften und ihre Datierung. Munich Studies in Historical Linguistics, 3. Bremen: Hempen Verlag, 2005. Pp. 466. €60.00. ISBN 3-934106-471.

Harvey, Susan Ashbrook, Scenting Salvation. Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory Imagination. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Pp. 442. $45.00. ISBN 0-520-24147-9.

Kailuweit, Thomas, Dido – Didon – Didone. Eine kommentierte Bibliographie zum Dido-Mythos in Literatur und Musik. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2005. Pp. 600. $109.95 (pb). ISBN 3-631-52030-1.

Laes, Christian, Kinderen bij de Romeinen: Zes eeuwen dagelijks leven. Leuven: Davidsfonds, 2006. Pp. 343. €24.95 (pb). ISBN 90-5826-393-2.

Lateiner, Donald (ed.), The History of the Peloponnesian War. Translated by Richard Crawley and Revised by Donald Lateiner. Introduction and Notes by Donald Lateiner. New York: Barnes and Noble, 2006. Pp. 605. $9.95. ISBN 1-59308-091-3.

Lombardo, Stanley, Homer. Iliad. Las Vegas, NV: Parmenides Audio, 2006. Audiobook. 12 CDs. 15 hours. $42.00. ISBN 1-930972-08-3.

Lombardo, Stanley, Homer. Odyssey. Las Vegas, NV: Parmenides Audio, 2006. Audiobook. 10 CDs. 12.5 hours. $42.00. ISBN 1-930972-06-3.

Lombardo, Stanley (trans.), The Essential Aeneid. Introduction by W.R. Johnson. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006. Pp. 248. $6.95 (pb). ISBN 0-87220-790-0.

Louden, Bruce, The Iliad: Structure, Myth, and Meaning. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Pp. 337. $55.00. ISBN 0-8018-8280-X.

Luck, Georg (ed.), Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Second edition. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Pp. 544. $25.95 (pb). ISBN 0-8018-8346-6.

Meagher, Robert Emmet, Herakles Gone Mad: Rethinking Heroism in an Age of Endless War. North Hampton: Olive Branch Press, 2006. Pp. 152. $15.00. ISBN 1-56656-635-5.

Mustakallio, Katariina, Jussi Hanska, Hanna-Leena Sainio, and Ville Vuolanto (edd.), Hoping for Community. Childhood, Education and Death in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Rome: Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, 2005. Pp. 252. €35.00 (pb). ISBN 952-5323-09-9.

Pfeiffer, Michaela (trans.), Cornelius Nepos. De viris illustribus. Lateinisch-deutsch. Sammlung Tusculum. Düsseldorf: Artemis & Winkler, 2006. Pp. 560. €48.00. ISBN 3-7608-1734-3.

Prosperi, Valentina, Di soavi licor gli orli del vaso. La fortuna di Lucrezio dall’Umanesimo alla Controriforma. Torino: Nino Aragno Editore, 2004. Pp. xiv, 274. €14.00. ISBN 88-8419-196-3.

Stein, Peter, Schriftkultur. Eine Geschichte des Schreibens und Lesens. Munich: Primus, 2006. Pp. 360. €39.40. ISBN 3-896-78564-8.

Reeve, C. D. C. (ed.), Plato on Love. Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades with Selections from Republic and Laws. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006. Pp. 226. $12.95 (pb). ISBN 0-87220-788-9.

Schwartz, Glenn M., and John J. Nichols (edd.), After Collapse: The Regeneration of Complex Societies. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 2006. Pp. 336; maps 17, line ills. 4. $50.00. ISBN 0-8165-2509-9.

Sorabji, Richard, Aristotle on Memory. Second edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 150. $15.00 (pb). ISBN 0-226-76823-6.

Sorabji, Richard, Necessity, Cause and Blame: Perspectives on Aristotle’s Theory. Reprint of the 1980 edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 334. $19.00 (pb). ISBN 0-226-76824-4.

Sotirakopoulou, Peggy, The “Keros Hoard” Myth or Reality? Searching fro the Lost Pieces of a Puzzle. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2006. Pp. 456. $80.00. ISBN 0-89236-837-3.

Spawforth, Tony, The Complete Greek Temples. London: Thames & Hudson, 2006. Pp. 240. $40.00. ISBN 0-500-05142-9.

Stauffer, Devin, The Unity of Plato’s Gorgias. Rhetoric, Justice, and the Philosophic Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 191. $75.00. ISBN 0-521-85847-X.

Stein, Robert M., Reality Fictions. Romance, History, and Governmental Authority, 1025-1180. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. Pp. 294. $30.00 (pb). ISBN 0-268-04120-2.

Stella, Massimo, L’illusion philosophique. La mort de Socrate sur la scène des dialogues Platoniciens. Grenoble: Millon, 2006. Pp. 222. €23.00 (pb). ISBN 2-84137-179-4.

Tanner, Jeremy, The Invention of Art History in Ancient Greece: Religion, Society and Artistic Rationalisation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 331. $99.00. ISBN 0-521-84614-5.

von Eles, Patrizia (ed.), La ritualità funeraria tra età del Ferro e Orientalizzante in Italia. Atti del convegno, Verucchio, 26-27 giugno 2002. Pisa/Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2006. Pp. 216; pls. 19, figs. €240.00 (pb). ISBN 88-8147-384-4.

Wright, David H., The Lost Late Antique Illustrated Terence. Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2006. Pp. 226. ISBN 88-210-0781-2.

Yon, Marguerite, Kition de Chypre. Guides Archéologiques de l’Institut Français du Proche-Orient, 4. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 2006. Pp. 156. €35.00 (pb). ISBN 2-86538-302-4.