OCTOBER 2008 BOOKS RECEIVED
Those interested in reviewing a book for CJ may contact CJ Book Review
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guidelines at http://classicaljournal.org/available.php#guidelines. Include
return address.
Please note that some of the books listed below may already be assigned to
a reviewer and that a few books may not be assigned at all.
BOWENS, AMANDA. Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and
Practice. Second Edition. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing,
2009. Pp. xii + 226. Paper, $44.95. ISBN 978–1–405–17591–3.
BRAGUE, RÉMI. The Law of God: The Philosophical History of an Idea.
Translated by Lydia G. Cochrane. Chicago and London: University of Chicago
Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 365. Paper, $22.50. ISBN 978–0–226–24066–4.
GARANI, MYRTO. Empedocles Redivivus: Poetry and Analogy in Lucretius. New
York: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 336. Cloth, $95.00. ISBN 0–415–98849–7.
HEILEN, STEPHAN et al., eds. In Pursuit of Wissenschaft: Festschrift für
William M. Calder III zum 75. Geburtstag. Spudasmata 119. Zurich and New
York: Georg Olms, 2008. Pp. xiii + 508. Cloth, no price given. ISBN
978–3–437–13632–5.
LILLIOS, KATINA T. Heraldry for the Dead. Austin: University of Texas
Press, 2008. Pp. 236. Cloth, $60.00. ISBN 978–0–292–71822–7.
LOWENSTAM, STEVEN. As Witnessed by Images: The Trojan War Tradition in
Greek and Etruscan Art. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Pp. xiii + 230. Cloth, $50.00. ISBN 978–0–8018–8775–8.
MAGNALDI, GIUSEPPINA, ed. Le Filippiche di Cicerone: Edizione critica.
Minima Philologica, Serie latina 5. Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso,
2008. Pp. lxv + 275. Cloth, €25.00. ISBN 978–88–6274–054–8.
MATTUSCH, CAROL C. et al. Pompeii and the Roman Villa. New York: Thames &
Hudson, 2008. Pp. 360 + illustrations. Cloth, $60.00. ISBN
978–0–500–51436–8.
NICASTRO, NICHOLAS. Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to
Measure the Globe. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 211.
Paper, $23.95. ISBN 978–0–312–37247–7.
SCHALLENBERG, MAGNUS. Freiheit und Determinismus: Ein philosophischer
Kommentar zu Ciceros Schrift De fato. Reihe: Quellen und Studien zur
Philosophie 75. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2008. Pp. 294. Cloth,
$141.00. ISBN 978–3–11–018940–7.
SISSA, GUILIA. Sex and Sensuality in the Ancient World. Translated by
George Staunton. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. Pp. vii + 224.
Cloth, $38.00. ISBN 978–0–300–10880–4.
WISEMAN, T.P. Unwritten Rome. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2008. Pp.
x + 366. Paper, $37.95. ISBN 978–0–85989–823–2.
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.
CLAUGHTON, JOHN. Herodotus and the Persian Wars. Greece & Rome: Texts and
Contexts. Cambridge Learning. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University
Press, 2008. Pp. vii + 152. Paper, $25.00. ISBN 978–0–521–68943–4.
DEACY, SUSAN. Athena. New York and London: Routledge, 2008. Pp. xviii +
175. Paper, $28.95. ISBN 978–0–415–30066–7.
DUGDALE, ERIC. Greek Theatre in Context. Greece & Rome: Texts and Contexts.
Cambridge Learning. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press,
2008. Pp. viii + 200.
JORDAN, HERBERT, tr. Homer: The Iliad. Introduction by E. Christian Kopff.
University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. Pp. xxxii + 512. Paper, $39.95. ISBN
978–0–8061–3974–6.
KAMM, ANTONY. The Romans: An Introduction. Second edition. New York:
Routledge, 2008. Pp. xvii + 240. Paper, $32.95. ISBN
978–0–415–45825–2.
LISTER, BOB, ed. Meeting the Challenge: International Perspectives on the
Teaching of Latin. Cambridge Learning. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2008. Pp. viii + 168. Paper, no price given. ISBN
978–0–521–69043–0.
MATYSZAK, PHILIP. Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day: Where to eat, drink
and meet a philosopher—your guide to the cradle of Western culture.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. Pp. 135. Paper, $18.95. ISBN
978–0–500–28765–1.
——. Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii a Day: your guide to sleeping, shopping
and sightseeing in the City of the Caesars. London: Thames & Hudson, 2007.
Pp. 143. Paper, $18.95. ISBN 978–0–500–28760–6.
MORWOOD, JAMES. Virgil: A Poet in Augustan Rome. Greece & Rome: Texts and
Contexts. Cambridge Learning. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University
Press, 2008. Pp. v + 161. Paper, $25.00. ISBN 978–0–521–68944–1.
—— AND MARK WARMAN. Our Greek and Latin Roots. Second Edition.
Cambridge Learning. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press,
2008. Pp. 72. Paper, $25.00. ISBN 978–0–521–699999–0.
MURRELL, JOHN. Cicero and the Roman Republic. Greece & Rome: Texts and
Contexts. Cambridge Learning. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University
Press, 2008. Pp. vi + 184. Paper, $25.00. ISBN 978–0–521–69116–1.
OGDEN, DANIEL. Perseus. New York and London: Routledge, 2008. Pp. xxiv +
194. Paper, $28.95. ISBN 978–0–415–42725–8.
ROBERTSON, ROBIN, tr. Euripides’ Medea: A New Translation. New York: Free
Press, 2008. Pp. xxii + 83. Cloth, $16.00. ISBN 978–1–4165–9223–5.
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