FEBRUARY 2009 BOOKS RECEIVED

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BALTUSSEN, HAN. Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius: The Methodology of a 
Commentator. London: Duckworth, 2008. Pp. xii + 292. Cloth, $80.00. ISBN 
978–0–7156–3500–1.

BANG, PETER FIBIGER. The Roman Bazaar: A Comparative Study of Trade and 
Markets in a Tributary Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 
Pp. xvi + 357. Cloth, $110.00. ISBN 978–0–521–85532–7.

BARLOW, SHIRLEY A. The Imagery of Euripides: A study in the dramatic use of 
pictorial language. 3rd edition. Foreword by Froma I. Zeitlin. Bristol 
Classical Paperbacks. London: Duckworth, 2008. Pp. xxviii + 169. Paper, 
$29.95. ISBN 978–1–85399–710–5.

BURGESS, JONATHAN S. The Death and Afterlife of Achilles. Baltimore: Johns 
Hopkins University Press, 2009. Pp. xv + 184. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN 
978–0–8018–9029–1.

CAWTHORN, KATRINA. Becoming Female: The Male Body in Greek Tragedy. London: 
Duckworth, 2008. Pp. ix + 188. Cloth, $80.00. ISBN 
978–0–7156–3712–8.

CLENDENON, CINDY. Hydromythology and the Ancient Greek World: An Earth 
Science Perspective Emphasizing Karst Hydrology. Lansing, MI: Fineline 
Science Press, 2009. Pp. xvii + 502. Paper, $32.95. ISBN 
978–0–9818421–0–3.

CSAPO, ERIC AND MARGARET C. MILLER. The Origins of Theater in Ancient 
Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama. Cambridge: Cambridge University 
Press, 2008. Pp. xix + 440. Paper, $45.00. ISBN 978–0–521–74833–9.

DICKIN, MARGARET. A Vehicle for Performance: Acting the Messenger in Greek 
Tragedy. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto and Plymouth: University Press 
of America, 2009. Pp. vi + 212. Paper, $32.00. ISBN 
978–0–7618–4355–9.

GILHULY, KATE. The Feminine Matrix of Sex and Gender in Classical Athens. 
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xii + 208. 
Cloth, $80.00. ISBN 978–0–521–89998–7.

GUNDERSON, ERIK. Nox Philologiae: Aulus Gellius and the Fantasy of the 
Roman Library. Madison: Univeristy of Wisconsin Press, 2009. Pp. ix + 344. 
Cloth, $55.00. ISBN 978–0–299–22970–2.

HALLIWELL, STEPHEN. Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from 
Homer to Early Christianity. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University 
Press, 2008. Pp. xiii + 616. Paper, $65.00. ISBN 978–0–521–71774–8.

HALPER, EDWARD C. One and Many in Aristotle’s Metaphysics: Books 
Alpha–Delta. Las Vegas: Parmenides Publishing, 2009. Pp. xli + 565. 
Cloth, $48.00. ISBN 978–1–930972–21–6.

HANKINSON, R.J., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Galen. Cambridge and New 
York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xxi + 450. Paper, $29.99. ISBN 
978–0–521–52558–9.

KEITH, ALISON. Propertius: Poet of Love and Leisure. Classical Literature 
and Society. London: Duckworth, 2008. Pp. x + 214. Paper, $33.00. ISBN 
978–0–7156–3453–0.

LANGDON, SUSAN. Art and Identity in Dark Age Greece, 1100–700 BCE. 
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xviii + 388. Cloth, 
$90.00. ISBN 978–0–521–51321–0.

LOWE, N.J. Comedy. Greece & Rome: New Surveys in the Classics 37. Cambridge 
and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. v + 169. Paper, $21.99. 
ISBN 978–0–521–70609–4.

MORI, ANATOLE. The Politics of Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica. Cambridge 
and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. ix + 261. Cloth, 
$99.00. ISBN 978–0–521–88225–5.

PALAGIA, OLGA, ed. Greek Sculpture: Function, Materials, and Techniques in 
the Archaic and Classical Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 
2008. Paper, $36.99. ISBN 978–0–521–73837–8.

SCODEL, RUTH. Epic Facework: Self-Presentation and Social Interaction in 
Homer. Oakville, CT: David Brown Book Co., 2008. Cloth, $80.00. ISBN 
978–1–905–12522–7.

SHELMERDINE, CYNTHIA W., ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze 
Age. Cambridge: University Press, 2008. Pp. xxxvi + 452. Paper, $29.99. 
ISBN 978–0–521–89127–1.

STEWART, PETER. The Social History of Roman Art. Cambridge: Cambridge 
University Press, 2008. Pp. xvi + 200. Paper, $34.99. ISBN 
978–0–521–01659–9.

TOO, YUN LEE, ed. A commentary on Isocrates’ Antidosis. Oxford and New 
York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 253. Cloth, $100.00. ISBN 
978–0–19–923807–1.

WARREN, KAREN J., ed. An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy: 
Conversations Between Men and Women Philosophers. Lanham, MD: Rowman & 
Littlefield, 2008. Pp. xvii + 554. Cloth, $95.00. ISBN 
978–0–7425–5923–3.

WEBB, RUTH. Demons and Dancers: Performance in Late Antiquity. Cambridge 
and London: Harvard University Press, 2009. Pp. 296. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN 
978–0–674–03192–0.

WILLIAMS, MICHAEL STUART. Authorised Lives in Early Christian Biography: 
Between Eusebius and Augustine. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge 
University Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 262. Cloth, $99.00. ISBN 
978–0–521–89490–6.


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, ed. A Lucan Reader: Selections from Civil War. Wauconda, 
IL: Bolchazy–Carducci Publishers, 2009. Pp. xxxiv + 134. Paper, $19.00. 
ISBN 978–0–86516–661–5.

DUGDALE, ERIC, tr. Sophocles: Electra. With an Introduction to the Greek 
Theatre by P.E. Easterling. Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. 
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. viii + 120. 
Paper, $11.00. ISBN 978–0–521–67826–1.

GIBBS, LAURA, ed. Aesop’s Fables in Latin: Ancient Wit and Wisdom from 
the Animal Kingdom. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy–Carducci Publishers, 2009. Pp. 
xxxi + 336. Paper, $34.00. ISBN 978–0–86516–695–0.


HARRIS, EDWARD M., tr. Demosthenes: Speeches 20–22. Austin: University of 
Texas Press, 2008. Pp. xxxi + 211. Paper, $22.95. ISBN 
978–0–292–71783–1.

JACT. Reading Greek: An Independent Study Guide. Second edition. Joint 
Association of Classical Teachers’ Greek Course. Cambridge and New York: 
Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 267. Paper, $32.99. ISBN 
978–0–521–69850–4.

JACT. Speaking Greek. 2nd Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 
2008. 2 Audio CDs, $31.99. ISBN 978–0–521–72896–6.

JACT. The World of Athens: An Introduction to Classical Athenian Culture. 
2nd Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xiv + 434. 
Paper, $34.99. ISBN 978–0–521–69853–5.

WRIGHT, MATTHEW, tr. Euripides: Orestes. Duckworth Companions to Greek and 
Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth, 2008. Pp. 176. Paper, $24.00. ISBN 
978–0–7156–3714–2.



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