September 3, 2012
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posted with permission: Björn C. Ewald and Carlos F. Noreña, eds. The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual. Yale Classical Studies 35. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xviii + 365. Hardcover, £60.00/$99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-51953-3. Reviewed by Jennifer E. Thomas, Hamilton College (Note: The Table of Contents of this volume appears…
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All of a sudden my email box is full to bursting with good stuff … this one’s from Hurriyet: The ongoing excavation works at one of Turkey’s most important archaeological sites, the Karacasu Aphrodisias Ancient City, have revealed two headless statues. According to information provided by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, one of the statues…
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posted with permission: Norbert H. O. Duckwitz, Reading the Gospel of St. Mark in Greek: A Beginning. Mundelein, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2011. Pp. xxi + 333. Paper, $19.00 ISBN 978-0-86516-776-6. Reviewed by Wilfrid E. Major, Louisiana State University This latest reader for intermediate students of Greek will serve a niche in the 21st century, although it…
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The incipit of a review over at Comic Book Resources: Marathon is exactly what it sounds like: an account of the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., brought to us by filmmaker Boaz Yakin (I don’t know why he wrote a comic; his most recent movie was the Jason Statham vehicle Safe, and he doesn’t…
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