Month: January 2004

European Literary Careers: The Author from Antiquity to the Renaissance

Patrick Cheney, Frederick A. De Armas  / University of Toronto Press, 2002

Reviewed by Alexander Beecroft, 

Martial: Select Epigrams. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Martial., Lindsay Watson, Patricia A. Watson  / Cambridge University Press, 2003

Reviewed by Sven Lorenz, 

Roman Sex 100 BC – AD 250

John R. Clarke, Michael Larvey  / Harry N. Abrams, 2003

Reviewed by J.L. Butrica, 

Envoys and Political Communication in the Late Antique West, 411-533

Andrew Gillett  / Cambridge University Press, 2003

Reviewed by Edward Luttwak, 

BMCR Books Received (December)

Demosthenes, Speeches 50-59

Demosthenes.  / University of Texas Press, 2003

Reviewed by Donald Lateiner, 

Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary’s Dormition and Assumption

Stephen J. Shoemaker  / Oxford University Press, 2002

Reviewed by Adam Becker, 

Platonopolis. Platonic Political Philosophy in Late Antiquity

Dominic J. O'Meara  / Clarendon Press, 2003

Reviewed by M. J. Edwards, 

Theophrastus of Eresus. On Sweat On Dizziness On Fatigue

Theophrastus., William W. Fortenbaugh, R. W. Sharples, Michael G. Sollenberger  / Brill, 2003

Reviewed by Tad Brennan, 

Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt: Life in Death for Rich and Poor

Wolfram Grajetzki  / Duckworth, 2003

Reviewed by Salima Ikram, 

Da Ulisse a Ulisse (il viaggio come mito letterario). Atti del Convegno internazionale, Imperia, 5-6 ottobre

Giorgetta Revelli, Università di Genova. Dipartimento di lingue e letterature straniere moderne.  / Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali, 2001

Reviewed by Susan Joseph, 

Angelo Camillo Decembrio. De politia litteraria. Kritisch herausgegeben sowie mit einer Einleitung, mit Quellennachweisen und einem Registerteil versehen. BzA 169

Angelo Decembrio, Norbert Witten  / K.G. Saur, 2002

Reviewed by N.G. Wilson, 

Ovidius. Carmina Amatoria. Bibliotheca Teubneriana

43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Ovid, Antonio Ramírez de Verger  / Saur, 2003

Reviewed by E.J. Kenney, 

Burgess on Kenney on Ramírez de Verger

Response by Burgess Richard | Original Review by E.J. Kenney, 

L’Anello di Minosse. Archeologia della Regalità nell’Egeo Minoico, Biblioteca di Archeologia, 31

Massimo Cultraro  / Longanesi, 2001

Reviewed by Paul Rehak, 

Myth and Symbol I

Synnøve Des Bouvrie  / Norwegian Institute at Athens, 2002

Reviewed by Barry Powell, 

Hiems Nascens. Premières représentations de l’hiver chez les poètes latins de la République

Pierre-Jacques Dehon  / Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 2002

Reviewed by Anastasios Nikolopoulos, 

Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn From Myths

Mary R. Lefkowitz  / Yale University Press, 2003

Reviewed by Bruce Louden, 

The Lost World of Pompeii. With an introduction by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Colin Amery, Brian Curran, J. Paul Getty Museum., N.Y.) World Monuments Fund (New York  / J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002

Reviewed by Katharina Lorenz, 

Antike Rhetorik im Zeitalter des Humanismus. BzA 182

Carl Joachim Classen  / Saur, 2003

Reviewed by Christopher Krebs,