BMCR 2006.05.01

BMCR Books Received (April)

Amato, Eugenio (ed.), Dionisio di Alessandria. Descrizione della Terra abitata. Bompiani testi a fronte. Milano: R.C.S. Libri, 2005. Pp. 374. €12.00 (pb). ISBN 88-452-3372-3.

Andresian, Anna, Looking at Latin: A grammar for pre-college. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2006. Pp. 281. $49.99. ISBN 0-86516-615-3.

Armoni, Charikleia (ed.), Papyri aus dem Archiv des Königlichen Schreibers Dionysios (P.Heid. IX). Veröff. aus d. Heidelb. Papyrussamml. NF, 12. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2006. Pp. xvi, 159; ills. 34. €42.00. ISBN 3-8253-5165-3.

Armstrong, E., A Ciceronian Sunburn. A Tudor Dialogue on Humanistic Rhetoric and Civic Poetics. Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2006. Pp. 240; ills. 5. $44.95. ISBN 1-57003-614-4.

Babusiaux, Ulrike, Id quod actum est. München: C.H. Beck, 2006. Pp. 330. ISBN 978-3-406-54432-3.

Biffi, Nicola, L’Estremo Oriente Di Strabone. Bari: Edipuglia, 2005. Pp. 328. €18.00 (pb). ISBN 88-7228-450-3.

Bolchazy, Marie Carducci (ed.), Classical Considerations: Useful Wisdom from Greece and Rome. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2006 Pp. 127. $14.99. (pb) ISBN 0-86516-618-8.

Brittain, Charles (trans.), Cicero: on Academic Scepticism. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006. Pp. 161. $12.95. (pb) ISBN 0-87220-774-9.

Calame, Claude, Pratiques poétiques de la mémoire. Représentations de l’espace-temps en Grèce ancienne. Paris: Éditions La Découverte, 2006. Pp. 324. €29.00 (pb). ISBN 2-7071-4798-2.

Carter, William C., Proust in Love. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006 Pp. 280. $26.00. ISBN 0-300-10812-5.

Christakis, Kostanedinos S., Cretan Bronze Age Pithoi. INSTAP Academic Press 2006. Pp. 111. $60.00. ISBN 1-931534-15-2.

Davie, John (trans.), Electra and Other Plays. Introduction and Notes by Richard Rutherford. London: Penguin Classics, 1998. Pp. 267. $9.95 (pb). ISBN 0-140-44668-0.

Davie, John (trans.), Heracles and Other Plays. Introduction and Notes by Richard Rutherford. London: Penguin Classics, 2002 Pp. 307. $11.00 (pb). ISBN 0-14-044725-3.

Davie, John (trans.), Medea and Other Plays. Introduction and Notes by Richard Rutherford. London: Penguin Classics, 1996. Pp. 206. $11.00 (pb). ISBN 0-140-44929-9.

Davie, John (trans.), The Bacchae and Other Plays. Introduction and Notes by Richard Rutherford. London: Penguin Classics, 2005. Pp. 360. $12.00 (pb). ISBN 0-140-44726-1.

Desmond, William D., The Greek Praise of Poverty. Origins of Ancient Cynicism. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. Pp. 240. $25.00 (pb). ISBN 0-268-02582-7.

Dodd, David B., and Christopher A. Faraone (edd.), Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives. London/New York: Routledge, 2003 Pp. 294. $115.00 ISBN 0-415-28920-3.

Dueck, Daniela, Hugh Lindsay, and Sarah Pothecary (edd.), Strabo’s Cultural Geography. The Making of a Kolossourgia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 286. $85.00. ISBN 0-521-85306-0.

Duplouy, Alain, Le prestige des élites. Recherches sur les modes de reconnaisance sociale en Grèce entre les Xe et Ve siècles avant J.-C. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2006. Pp. 418. €37.00 (pb). ISBN 2-251-38076-0.

Falcon, Andrea, Aristotle & the Science of Nature. Unity without Uniformity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 139. $75.00. ISBN 0-521-85439-3.

Fentress, Elizabeth, et al., Walls and Memory. The Abbey of San Sebastiano at Alatri (Lazio) from Late Roman Monastery to Renaissance Villa and Beyond. Disciplina Monastica 2. Turnhout: Brepols, 2005. Pp. v, 445; b/w ills. 132, color ill. 15, b/w line art 34. €90.00. ISBN 2-503-51577-0.

Forman, Lewis Leaming, Selections from Plato. Foreword by Alexander Tulin. Originally published by MacMillan, 1900. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Pp. 576. $21.95 (pb). ISBN 0-8061-3776-2.

Gabriel, Richard A., Genghis Khan’s Greatest General: Subotai the Valiant. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Pp. 176. $14.95 (pb). ISBN 0-8061-3734-7.

Garsten, Bryan, Saving Persuasion. A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Pp. 276. $45.00. ISBN 0-674-02168-1.

Gelzer, Matthias, Pompeius: Lebensbild eines Romers. Neudruck der Ausgabe von 1984 mit einem Forschungüberblick von Elisabeth Herrmann-Otto. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005. Pp. 244. (pb) ISBN 3-515-08474-6.

Gentili, Bruno (ed.), Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica. N.S. 80, N. 2 (2005). Pisa/Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2005. Pp. 150. €110.00 (pb). ISSN 0033-4987.

Georgides, Demetrios P., Euripides. Alope. Reconstructed with Liberal Doses of Poetic License. Private edition, 2006. Pp. 32.

Gere, Cathy, The Tomb of Agamemnon. Wonders of the World Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Pp. 202. $19.95. ISBN 0-674-02170-3.

Giardina, Giovanna R., I fondamenti della causalità naturale. Analisi critica di Aristotele, Phys. II. Symbolon 30. Catania: Cooperativa Universitaria Editrice Catanese di Magistero, 2006. Pp. 358. €20.00 (pb). ISBN 88-86673-98-1.

Griffiths, Emma, Euripides. Heracles. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth, 2006. Pp. 175. £11.99 (pb). ISBN 0-7156-3186-1.

Gross, Daniel M., The Secret History of Emotion. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 194. $35.00. ISBN 0-226-30979-7.

Haggis, Donald, Kavousi I. INSTAP Academic Press 2005. Pp. 232. $80.00. ISBN 1-931534-18-7.

Halfwassen, Jens, Der Aufstieg zum einen: Untersuchungen zu Platon und Plotin. München/Leipzig: K.G. Saur, 2006 Pp. 440. ISBN 3-598-73055-1.

Hamacher, Ulf Gregor, Senecas 82. Brief an Lucilius. München/Leipzig: K.G. Saur, 2006 Pp. 473. ISBN 3-598-77842-2.

Heidenreich, Marianne, Christian Gottlob Heyne und die Alte Geschichte. München/Leipzig: K.G. Saur, 2006 Pp. 647. ISBN 3-598-77841-4.

Humm, Michel, Appius Claudius Caecus. La république accomplie. Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d’Atheènes et de Rome, 322. Rome: École Française de Rome, 2005. Pp. 779. €112.00. ISBN 2-7283-0682-6.

Hutton, William, Describing Greece. Landscape and Literature in the Periegesis of Pausanias. Greek Culture in the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 372. $95.00. ISBN 0-521-84720-6.

Jehne, Martin, Die Römische Republik. Von der Gründung bis Caesar. C.H. Beck Wissen. München: C.H. Beck, 2006. Pp. 128; maps 2. €7.90 (pb). ISBN 3-406-50862-6.

Jones, Christopher P. (ed.), Philostratus, Apollonius of Tyana, Vol.3. Letters of Apollonius; Ancient Testimonia; Eusebius’s Reply to Hierocles. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006 Pp. 264. $21.50. ISBN 0-674-99617-8.

Jones, Prudence J., Cleopatra. A Sourcebook. Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture, 31. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Pp. 304. $19.95 (pb). ISBN 0-8061-3741-X.

Jufresa, Montserrat, and Francesca Mestre, Pilar Gomez, Pau Gilabert. (edd.), Plutarc a la Seva Epoca: Paideia I Societat. Barcelona: Departament de Filologia Greca Universitat de Barcelona, 2005 Pp. 854. ISBN 84-608-0268-X.

Kagan, Kimberly, The Eye of Command. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2006. Pp. 271. $24.95 (pb). ISBN 0-472-03128-7.

Karakasis, Evangelos, Terence and the Language of Roman Comedy. Cambridge Classical Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 309. $80.00. ISBN 0-521-84298-0.

Kay, N.M., Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina. London: Duckworth, 2006. Pp. 388. £45.00. ISBN 0-7156-3406-2.

Koch, Renee, Comment peut-on etre dieu? Belin 2005 Pp. 301. €26.00. ISBN 2-7011-4024-2.

Konstan, David, The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. Pp. 422. $85.00. ISBN 0-8020-9103-2.

Kyriakidis, Evangelos, Ritual in the Bronze Age Aegean. The Minoan Peak Sanctuaries. London: Duckworth, 2006. Pp. 201. £45.00. ISBN 0-7156-3248-5.

LaFleur, Richard A., and Brad Tillery (edd.), Cumulative Chapter Vocabulary Lists for Wheelock’s Latin. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2006. Pp. 282. $27.00. (pb) ISBN 0-86516-620-X.

Lardinois, A.P.M.H., M.G.M. van der Poel, and V.J.C. Hunink (edd.), Land of Dreams. Greek and Latin Studies in Honour of A.H.M. Kessels. Leiden: Brill, 2006. Pp. 414. €99.00. ISBN 90-04-15061-7.

Luther, Andreas, Geschichte und Fiktion in der homerischen Odyssee. München: C.H. Beck, 2006 Pp. 248. ISBN 3-406-54192-5.

McAllister, Marian H., et al., The Excations at Ancient Halieis. Volume 1: The Fortifications and Adjacent Structures. Urbana, IL: Halieis Publications, 2005. Pp. 178; pl.24. $75.00. ISBN 0-253-34710-6.

Medda, Enrico, Euripide. Le Fenicie. BUR Classici Greci e Latini. Milano: R.C.S. Libri, 2006. Pp. 361. €10.80 (pb). ISBN 88-17-00960-1.

Michelakis, Pantelis, Euripides. Iphigenia at Aulis. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth, 2006. Pp. 176. £11.99 (pb). ISBN 0-7156-2994-8.

Mills, Sophie, Euripides. Bacchae. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth, 2006. Pp. 174. £11.99 (pb). ISBN 0-7156-3430-5.

Nagle, D. Brendan, The Household as the Foundation of Aristotle’s Polis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 352. $80.00. ISBN 0-521-84934-9.

Nappa, Christopher, Reading after Actium. Vergil’s Georgics, Octavian, and Rome. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2005. Pp. 293. $75.00. ISBN 0-472-11475-1.

Narducci, Emanuele (ed.), Cicerone nella tradizione Europa: Dalla tarda antichita al Settecento. Firenze: Felice Le Monnier, 2006 Pp. 113. €11.50. ISBN 88-00-20462-7.

Papadatos, Yiannis, Tholos Tomb Gamma. INSTAP Academic Press 2006 Pp. 82. $60.00. ISBN 1-931534-17-9.

Pfisterer-Haas, Susanne, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Deutschland. Band 80. Leipzig, Antikenmuseum der Universität. Band 3. Attisch-Rotfigurige Schalen. München: C.H. Beck, 2006. Pp. 151; ill.81. €88. ISBN 3-406-537-553.

Piso, Ioan, An der Nordgrenze des Römischen Reiches. Ausgewählte Studien (1972-2003). HABES, 41. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005. Pp. 527. €90.00 (pb). ISBN 3-515-08729-X.

Reydams-Schils, Gretchen, The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, and Affection. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 224. $26.00. (pb) ISBN 0-226-71026-2.

Rosen, Klaus, Julian. Kaiser, Gott und Christenhasser. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2006. Pp. 580. €32.00. ISBN 3-608-94296-3.

Rosenfeld-Löffler, Annette, La poétique d’Empédocle. Cosmologie et métaphore. Echo, 5. Bern: Peter Lang, 2006. Pp. xii, 200. €38.60 (pb). ISBN 3-03910-659-7.

Schultz, Celia E., Women’s Religious Activity in the Roman Republic. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Pp. 248; ills. 8, table 1. $39.95. ISBN 0-8078-3018-6.

Scialuga, Marina, et al., Quaderni. n.s. 4 (2005). Università degli Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Filologia Linguistica e Tradizione Classica ‘Augusto Rostagni’. Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 2006. Pp. 319. €23.00 (pb). ISBN 88-555-2853-X.

Shackleton Bailey, D.R. (ed.), Quintilian The Lesser Declamations: volume 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Pp. 467. $21.50. ISBN 0-674-99618-6.

Shackleton Bailey, D.R. (ed.), Quintilian The Lesser Declamations: volume 2 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Pp. 445. $21.50. ISBN 0-674-99619-4.

Sotinel, Claire, Identité civique et christianisme: Aquilée du IIIe au VIe siècle. BEFAR 324. Rome: École française de Rome, 2005. Pp. 458. €48.00. ISBN 2-7283-0735-0.

Stansbury-O’Donnell, Mark D., Vase Painting, Gender, and Social Identity in Archaic Athens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 316. $90.00. ISBN 0-521-85318-4.

Veltri, Giuseppe, Libraries, Translations, and ‘Canonic’ Texts. Leiden: Brill, 2006 Pp. 278. $142.00. ISBN 90-04-14993-7.

Walker, Joel Thomas, The Legend of Mar Qardagh. Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Pp. 345. $49.95. ISBN 0-520-24578-4.

Watts, Edward J., City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Pp. 288. $55.00. ISBN 0-520-24421-4.

Wiener, Claudia, Stoische Doktrin in Romischer Belletristik. München/Leipzig: K.G. Saur, 2006. Pp. 341. ISBN 978-3-598-77838-4.

Williams, Rose, Vergil for Beginners. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2006 Pp. 78. $14.95 (pb) ISBN 0-86516-628-5.

Witteyer, Marion, The Sanctuary of Isis and Mater Magna. English Guide. Translated by Eric Klingenberg. Mainz am Rhein: von Zabern, 2005. Pp. 72; pls. €9.90 (pb). ISBN 3-8053-3438-9.