BOOKS RECEIVED AUGUST 2009

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BAGNALL, ROGER S. Early Christian Books in Egypt. Princeton: Princeton 
University Press, 2009. Pp. xv + 136. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN 
978–0–691–14026–1.

BANNON, CYNTHIA JORDAN. Gardens and Neighbors: Private Water Rights in 
Roman Italy. Law and Society in the Ancient World. Ann Arbor: Michigan 
University Press, 2009. Pp. x + 320. Cloth, $85.00. ISBN 
978–0–472–03353–9.

CALAME, CLAUDE. Greek Mythology: Poetics, Pragmatics and Fiction. 
Translated by Janet Lloyd. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University 
Press, 2009. Pp. xi + 288. Cloth, $99.00. ISBN 978–0–521–88858–5.

CARLON, JACQUELINE M. Pliny’s Women: Constructing Virtue and Creating 
Identity in the Roman World. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University 
Press, 2009. Pp. ix + 280. Cloth, $85.00. ISBN 978–0–521–76132–1.

CARTLEDGE, PAUL. Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice. Key Themes in 
Ancient History. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 
Pp. xxiii + 194. Cloth, $70.00. ISBN 978–0–521–45455–1.

CHAPLIN, JANE D. AND CHRISTINA S. KRAUS, eds. Livy. Oxford Readings in 
Classical Studies. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. 
xi + 496. Cloth, $150.00. ISBN 978–0–19–928633–1.

DERKS, TON AND NICO ROYMANS, eds. Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity: The Role 
of Power and Tradition. Amsterdam Archaeological Studies 13. Chicago: 
University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. 368 + 45 halftones. Cloth, $65.00. 
ISBN 978–9–0896–4078–9.

GALLO, LUCIANA. Lord Elgin and Ancient Greek Architecture: The Elgin 
Drawings at the British Museum. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge 
University Press, 2009. Pp. xvii + 354 + 201 b/w illustrations. Cloth, 
$150.00. ISBN 978–0–521–88163–0.

HUNTER, RICHARD. Critical Moments in Classical Literature: Studies in the 
Ancient View of Literature and its Uses. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge 
University Press, 2009. Pp. vii + 226. Cloth, $95.00. ISBN 
978–0–521–51985–4.

KAMPEN, NATALIE BOYMEL. Family Fictions in Roman Art: Essays on the 
Representation of Powerful People. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge 
University Press, 2009. Pp. xvii + 226 + 39 b/w illustrations + 33 color 
illustrations. Cloth, $85.00. ISBN 978–0–521–58447–0.

LITINAS, NIKOS. Greek Ostraca from Chersonesos, Crete. Tyche Supplement 6. 
Vienna: Holzhausen, 2008. Pp. 136. Paper, €39.00. ISBN 
978–3–85493–164–5.

MA, JOHN, NIKOLAOS PAPAZARKADAS AND ROBERT PARKER, eds. Interpreting the 
Athenian Empire. London: Duckworth, 2009. Pp. viii + 248. Paper, $33.00. 
ISBN 978–0–7156–3784–5.

MCDEVITT, ARTHUR. Bacchylides: The Victory Poems. Translation with 
Introduction and Commentary. Bristol Classical Paperbacks. London: 
Duckworth, 2009. Pp. vii + 232. Paper, $27.00. ISBN 
978–1–85399–721–1.

OSTWALD, MARTIN. Language and History in Ancient Greek Culture. 
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. Pp. vi + 320. Cloth, 
$65.00. ISBN 978–0–8122–4149–5.

PASCHALIS, MICHAEL, STELIOS PANAYOTAKIS AND GARETH SCHMELING, eds. Readers 
and Writers in the Ancient Novel. Ancient Narrative Supplementum 12. 
Groningen: Barkhuis, 2009. Pp. xviii + 286. Cloth, €87.00. ISBN 
978–90–77922–545.

RECKFORD, Kenneth J. Recognizing Persius. Martin Classical Lectures. 
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. Pp. ix + 256. Cloth, $45.00. 
ISBN 978–0–691–14141–1.

REES, ROGER, ed. Ted Hughes and the Classics. Classical Presences. Oxford 
and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. 368. Cloth, $135.00. ISBN 
978–0–19–922971–0.

SCHMELING, GARETH, et al., eds. Ancient Narrative. Volume 7. Groningen: 
Barkhuis, 2009. Pp. 158. Cloth, no price given. ISBN 
978–90–77922–50–7.

SELLERS, JOHN. The Art of Living: The Stoics on the Nature and Function of 
Philosophy. Second Edition. Bristol Classical Paperbacks. London: 
Duckworth, 2009. Pp. xiv + 228. Paper, $29.95. ISBN 
978–1–85399–724–2.

WINSBURY, REX. The Roman Book. Classical Literature and Society. London: 
Duckworth, 2009. Pp. xii + 236. Paper, $33.00. ISBN 
978–0–7156–3829–3.


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 
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BEYER, BRIAN. War With Hannibal: Authentic Latin Prose for the Beginning 
Student. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009. Pp. 128 + 12 
illustrations. Paper, $23.00. ISBN 978–0–300–13918–1.

BURNETT, ANNE PIPPIN. Pindar. Bristol’s Ancients in Action. London: 
Duckworth, 2009. Pp. 175. Paper, $23.00. ISBN 978–1–85399–711–2.

DE MAY, PHILIP. Lucretius: Poet and Epicurean. Greece & Rome: Texts and 
Contexts. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. vi 
+ 154. Paper, $25.00. ISBN 978–0–521–72156–1.

HOWELL, PETER. Martial. Bristol’s Ancients in Action. London: Duckworth, 
2009. Pp. 126. Paper, $23.00. ISBN 978–1–85399–702–0.

MURGATROYD, PAUL. Apuleius: Metamorphoses. An Intermediate Latin Reader. 
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xi + 162. 
Cloth, $85.00. ISBN 978–0–521–87046–7.

TORLONE, ZARA MARTIROSOVA. Russia and the Classics: Poetry’s Foreign 
Muse. Classical Diaspora. London: Duckworth, 2009. Pp. x + 254. Paper, 
$33.00. ISBN 978–0–7156–3717–3.

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