Month: April 2008

BMCR Books Received (March, 2008)

The Other Virgil: ‘Pessimistic’ Readings of the Aeneid in Early Modern Culture

Craig Kallendorf  / Oxford University Press, 2007

Reviewed by Victoria Moul, 

Augustus und die Juden. Rechtsstellung und Interessenpolitik der kleinasiatischen Diaspora. Studien zur Alten Geschichte, 6

Monika Schuol  / Verlag Antike, 2007

Reviewed by Michael Hesse, 

Mythos: La préhistoire égéenne du XIXe au XXIe siècle après J.-C. Actes de la table ronde internationale d’Athènes (21-2 novembre 2002). Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique Supplément 46

Pascal Darcque, Michael Fotiadis, Olga Polychronopoulou  / Ecole française d'Athènes, 2006

Reviewed by John K. Papadopoulos, 

Platone e la Poesia: Teoria della composizione e prassi della ricezione. International Plato Studies Vol. 22

Fabio Massimo Giuliano  / Academia Verlag, 2005

Reviewed by Penelope Murray, 

Porfirio, Sullo Stige. Testo greco a fronte, 99

Cristiano Castelletti  / I edizione Bompiani, 2006

Reviewed by Adrian Mihai, 

Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture. Context, Subjects, and Styles

Sheila Dillon  / Cambridge University Press, 2006

Reviewed by Peter Schultz, 

Ius latinum. Le concept de droit latin sous la République et l’Empire. Romanité et modernité du droit

David Kremer, Michel Humbert  / De Boccard, 2006

Reviewed by Christopher Smith, 

Advice and Its Rhetoric in Greece and Rome. Nottingham Classical Literature Studies, 9

Diana Spencer, Elena Theodorakopoulos  / Levante, 2006

Reviewed by Helen Van Noorden, 

Esclaves et affranchis à Rome. Las relaciones de dependencia en las Instituciones de GAYO. Índice temático

Pedro López Barja  / Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2007

Reviewed by Francesca Reduzzi Merola, 

Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Papyrology Helsinki, 1-7 August, 2004. 2 vols. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, 122

Jaakko Frösén, Tiina Purola, Erja Salmenkivi  / Societas Scientarum Fennica, 2007

Reviewed by Rodney Ast, 

Il calamo della memoria. Riuso di testi e mestiere letterario nella tarda antichità. Trieste, 27-28 Aprile 2006. Atti del II convegno. Incontri Triestini di Filologia Classica V 2005-2006

Lucio Cristante, Andrea Tessier, Laura Casarsa, Università degli studi di Trieste. Dipartimento di scienze dell'antichità., Biblioteca statale di Trieste.  / EUT, 2004-2008

Reviewed by Roberto Chiappiniello, 

Die Götternamen in Platons Kratylos. Ein Vergleich mit dem Papyrus von Derveni. Studien zur klassischen Philologie, 158

Barbara Anceschi  / P. Lang, 2007

Reviewed by Robbert van den Berg, 

Making Mockery. The Poetics of Ancient Satire. Classical Culture and Society

Ralph Mark Rosen  / Oxford University Press, 2007

Reviewed by Lowell Edmunds, 

Latin Poetry and the Judgment of Taste. An Essay in Aesthetics

Charles Martindale  / Oxford University Press, 2005

Reviewed by Corby Kelly, 

Dialogando con il passato: permanenze e innovazioni nella cultura latina di età flavia. Le Monnier Università / Lingue e Letterature

Alessia Bonadeo, Elisa Romano  / Le Monnier università, 2007

Reviewed by John Jacobs, 

The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis II: The Classical Building. Edited by Anastasia Norre Dinsmoor

William Bell Dinsmoor, William B. Dinsmoor, Anastasia Norre Dinsmoor  / American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1980-2004

Reviewed by Tasos Tanoulas, 

Divine Qualities. Cult and Community in Republican Rome

Anna Clark  / Oxford University Press, 2007

Reviewed by Federico Santangelo, 

Roman Manchester. The University of Manchester’s Excavations within the Vicus 2001-5

R. A. (Richard A.) Gregory  / Oxbow Books, 2007

Reviewed by Martin Pitts, 

Games and Festivals in Classical Antiquity. Proceedings of the Conference held in Edinburgh 10-12 July 2000. BAR International Series, 1220

Sinclair Bell, Glenys Davies  / Archaeopress, 2004

Reviewed by Stephen Evans,