Month: November 2012

Books Received October 2012

Divine Interiors: Mural Paintings in Greek and Roman Sanctuaries. Amsterdam Archaeological Studies, 16

Eric M. Moormann  / Amsterdam University Press, 2012

Reviewed by Linda Maria Gigante, 

Plato and Myth: Studies on the Use and Status of Platonic Myths. Mnemosyne. Supplements, 337

Catherine Collobert, Pierre Destrée, Francisco J. Gonzalez  / Brill, 2012

Reviewed by Christian Schäfer, 

L’homosexualité féminine dans l’Antiquité grecque et romaine

Sandra Boehringer  / Les Belles Lettres, 2007

Reviewed by Sotera Fornaro, 

Macrobii Ambrosii Theodosii Saturnalia. Oxford Classical Texts

Robert A. Kaster  / Oxford University Press, 2011

Reviewed by Mario De Nonno, 

The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity 395-700 AD. Second edition. Routledge History of the Ancient World

Averil Cameron  / Routledge, 2012

Reviewed by Bilal Baş, 

On Old Age: Approaching Death in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The History of Daily Life 2

Christian Krötzl, Katariina Mustakallio  / Brepols, 2011

Reviewed by Erin J. Campbell, 

The Alexander Romance in Persia and the East. Ancient Narrative supplementum, 15

Richard Stoneman, Kyle Erickson, Ian Netton  / Barkhuis Publishing; Groningen University Library, 2012

Reviewed by Judith Weingarten, 

The Letters of Symmachus: Book 1. Writings from the Greco-Roman World, 30

Michele Renee Salzman, Michael Roberts  / Society of Biblical Literature, 2011

Reviewed by Scott McGill, 

The Embodied Icon: Liturgical Vestments and Sacramental Power in Byzantium. Oxford studies in Byzantium

Warren T. Woodfin  / Oxford University Press, 2012

Reviewed by Jennifer Ball, 

Horace: Satires Book I. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Emily Gowers  / Cambridge University Press, 2012

Reviewed by Suzanne Sharland, 

Bad Women, Mad Women: Gender und Wahnsinn in der griechischen Tragödie. Classica Monacensia, Bd 40​

Maria Gerolemou  / Narr Verlag, 2011

Reviewed by Chiara Thumiger, 

Municipium S( ): A Roman Town in the Central Balkans, Komini near Pljevlja, Montenegro. BAR international series, S2357

Miroslava Mirković  / Archaeopress, 2012

Reviewed by Hrvoje Gračanin, 

Manure Matters: Historical, Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives

Richard Jones  / Ashgate, 2012

Reviewed by Tymon de Haas, 

El libro en Grecia y Roma: soportes y formatos

Juan Carlos Iglesias Zoido  / Universidad de Extremadura, 2010

Reviewed by Leni Ribeiro Leite, 

Gli Epigrammi di Giulia Balbilla (ricordi di una dama di corte) e altri testi al femminile sul Colosso di Memnone. Satura, 9

Amalia Margherita Cirio  / Pensa MultiMedia, 2011

Reviewed by Alexander Sens, 

Plutarch Against Colotes: a Lesson in History of Philosophy. Oxford classical monographs

Eleni Kechagia  / Oxford University Press, 2011

Reviewed by Tobias Thum, 

Demosthenes. UTB Profile 3407

Iris Samotta  / A. Francke Verlag, 2010

Reviewed by Johannes Engels, 

Latin Panegyric. Oxford readings in classical studies

Roger Rees  / Oxford University Press, 2012

Reviewed by Richard Flower, 

Contested Spaces: Houses and Temples in Roman Antiquity and New Testament. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 285

David L. Balch, Annette Weissenrieder  / Mohr Siebeck, 2012

Reviewed by Bart B. Bruehler,