Month: August 2010

Books Received (July, 2010)

From Artemis to Diana: The Goddess of Man and Beast. Acta hyperborea 12

Tobias Fischer-Hansen, Birte Poulsen  / Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2009

Reviewed by Maria Beatrice Bittarello, 

History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai (with contributions by Sebastian Brock, Richard M. Price and Kevin van Bladel). Translated Texts for Historians

Daniel F. Caner  / Liverpool University Press, 2009

Reviewed by Pieter W. van der Horst, 

Early Christian Hagiography and Roman History. Tria Corda 5

Timothy D. Barnes  / Mohr Siebeck, 2010

Reviewed by Pieter W. van der Horst, 

Thesaurus Iosephi Genesii aliarumque chronographiarum anonymarum. Corpus Christianorum. Thesaurus patrum Graecorum

Véronique Somers, Bastien Kindt  / Brepols, 2009

Reviewed by Eirini Afentoulidou, 

Q. Curtius Rufus Historiae. Bibliotheca Teubneriana

Carlo M. Lucarini  / Walter de Gruyter, 2009

Reviewed by Lee M. Fratantuono, 

Thucydides. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies

Jeffrey S. Rusten  / Oxford University Press, 2009

Reviewed by Martha C. Taylor, 

Stoic Ethics: Epictetus and Happiness as Freedom

William O. Stephens  / Continuum, 2007

Reviewed by Eve A. Browning, 

The Childhood of Jesus: Decoding the Apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Reidar Aasgaard  / Cascade Books, 2009

Reviewed by Enrico Norelli, 

Spartans: A New History. Ancient Cultures

Nigel M. Kennell  / Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Reviewed by David W. Madsen, 

Rustici e rusticitas in Italia meridionale nel VI sec. d.c. Morfologia sociale di un paessaggio rurale tardoantico. Pelorias 14

Rosalba Arcuri  / Di.Sc.A.M., 2009

Reviewed by Jesper Majbom Madsen, 

Aspects of Ancient Greek Cult: Context, Ritual and Iconography. Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity

Jesper Tae Jensen, George Hinge, Peter Schultz, Bronwen Wickkiser  / Aarhus University Press, 2010

Reviewed by Ellen Van Keer, 

Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Antike. Historische Bibliothek der Gerda Henkel Stiftung

Christian Marek  / Verlag C. H. Beck, 2010

Reviewed by M. Weiskopf, 

Amato to Bekker-Nielsen on Nesselrath, Dion von Prusa: Der Philosoph und sein Bild

Response by Eugenio Amato | Original Review by Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen, 

Ultima ratio regis: control y prohibición de las armas desde la Antigüedad a la Edad Moderna

Fernando Quesada Sanz  / Ediciones Polifemo, 2009

Reviewed by Fernando Echeverría Rey, 

Die Xandra-Gedichte des Cristoforo Landino. Kalliope 10

Antonia Wenzel  / Universitätsverlag Winter, 2010

Reviewed by Thomas Gärtner, 

Archäologische Forschungen zur Siedlungsgeschichte von Ephesos in geometrischer, archaischer und klassischer Zeit

Michael Kerschner, Ireen Kowalleck, Martin Steskal  / Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, 2008

Reviewed by Alan M. Greaves, 

Antike Mythen: Medien, Transformationen und Konstruktionen

Ueli Dill, Christine Walde  / Walter de Gruyter, 2009

Reviewed by Carl O’Brien, 

Recognizing Persius. Martin Classical Lectures

Kenneth J. Reckford  / Princeton University Press, 2009

Reviewed by Patricia A. Johnston, 

Emotional Questions: Vergil, the Emotions, and the Transformation of Epic Poetry. An Analysis of Select Scenes

Wolfgang Polleichtner  / WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2009

Reviewed by Giampiero Scafoglio,