DECEMBER 2008 / JANUARY 2009 BOOKS RECEIVED
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Requests for CJ Forum reviews should be directed to the Forum Editor, as
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Please note that some of the books listed may already be assigned to a
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BARAGWANATH, EMILY. Motivation and Narrative in Herodotus. Oxford and New
York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 400. Cloth, $130.00. ISBN:
978–0–19923–129–4.
BERGREN, ANN, ed. Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek
Thought. Hellenic Studies 19. Cambridge and London: Harvard University
Press, 2008. Pp. xii + 417. Paper, $19.95. ISBN 978–0–674–02372–7.
FERRARI, GLORIA. Alcman and the Cosmos of Sparta. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 2008. Pp. 208 + 20 color plates. Cloth $45.00. ISBN
978–0–226–66867–3.
FOLEY, JOHN MILES. A Companion to Ancient Epic. Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing, 2005. Pp. xxiv + 664. Cloth, $149.00. ISBN
978–14–0510524–8.
HEIDEN, BRUCE. Homer’s Cosmic Fabrication: Choice and Design in the
Iliad. American Classical Studies 52. New York and Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2008. Pp. xvi + 254. Cloth, $74.00. ISBN
978–0–195–34107–2.
KETTERER, ROBERT C. Ancient Rome in Early Opera. Champaign: University of
Illinois Press, 2008. Pp. 232. Cloth, $40.00. ISBN
978–0–252–03378–0.
KLINCK, ANNE L. Woman’s Songs in Ancient Greece. Montreal & Kingston,
London and Ithaca: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008. Pp. xvi + 285.
Paper, $32.95. ISBN 978–0–7735–3449–0.
MARKS, J. Zeus in the Odyssey. Hellenic Studies 31. Cambridge and London:
Harvard University Press, 2008. Pp. vii + 175. Paper, $16.95. ISBN
978–0–674–02812–8.
MORRIS, IAN AND WALTER SCHEIDEL. The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State
Power from Assyria to Byzantium. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution.
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. 400. Cloth,
$102.00. ISBN 978–0–195–37158–1.
NICASTRO, NICHOLAS. Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to
Measure the Globe. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 223.
Cloth, $23.95. ISBN 978–0–312–37247–7.
OBER, JOSIAH. Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical
Athens. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. xvi + 342. Cloth,
$29.95. ISBN 978–0–691–13347–8.
SCHELLENBERG, H.M., V.E. HIRSCHMANN AND A. KRIECKHAUS, eds. A Roman
Miscellany: Essays in Honour of Anthony R. Birley on his Seventieth
Birthday. Akanthina 3. Gdansk: David Brown Book Company, 2008. Pp. 236.
Cloth, $90.00. ISBN 978–83–7531–146–4.
SCHULZ, RAIMUND. Kleine Geschichte des antiken Griechenland. Stuttgart:
Philipp Reclam, 2008. Pp. 458. Cloth, €19.90. ISBN
978–3–15–010679–2.
SEKUNDA, NICHOLAS, ed. Corolla Cosmo Rodewald. Akanthina 2. Gdansk: David
Brown Book Company, 2008. Pp. 192. Cloth, $90.00. ISBN
978–83–7531–060–3.
TOMBER, ROBERTA. Indo-Roman Trade: From Pots to Pepper. Duckworth Debates
in Archaeology. London: Duckworth, 2008. Pp. 216. Paper, $24.00. ISBN
978–0–7156–3696–1.
WELLS, PETER S. Image and Response in Early Europe. Duckworth Debates in
Archaeology. London: Duckworth, 2008. Pp. 168. Paper, $24.00. ISBN
978–0–7156–3682–4.
WORMAN, NANCY. Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens. Cambridge and New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 398. Cloth, $99.00. ISBN
978–0–521–85787–1.
BOOKS RECEIVED FOR FORUM REVIEW
The following are books, translations and textbooks of pedagogical interest
currently offered for Online Forum review. Reviewers should first consult
the reviewer guidelines at
http://classicaljournal.org/forumavailable.php#guidelines before contacting
the Forum Editor, Emily West ([log in to unmask]) to request a book for
review. Include return address.
BRAUND, SUSANNA MORTON. A Lucan Reader: Selections from Civil War.
Wauconda: Bolchazy–Carducci Publishers, 2009. Pp. xxxiv + 134. Paper,
$19.00. ISBN 978–0–865–16661–5.
JOYCE, JANE WILSON, ed. Statius’ Thebaid: A Song of Thebes. Translated,
with Introductions, Commentary and a Glossary. Masters of Latin Literature.
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2008. Pp. xxxv + 502. Paper,
$27.95. ISBN 978–0–8014–8285–4.
VOLK, KATHARINA, ed. Vergil’s Eclogues. Oxford Readings in Classical
Studies. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 293.
Paper, $49.95. ISBN 978–0–199–20294–2.
——, ed. Vergil’s Georgics. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies.
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 281. Paper, $49.95.
ISBN 978–0–199–54293–2.
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