DECEMBER 2008 / JANUARY 2009 BOOKS RECEIVED





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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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