Reviews
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Echoing Hylas: A Study in Hellenistic and Roman Metapoetics. By Mark Heerink. Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2015. Pp. xii + 243. Cloth, $65.00. ISBN 978-0-299-30540-6. Reviewed by Goran Vidović, University of Belgrade The story of Heracles’ young companion Hylas is generally as follows: during a break on the Argonaut…
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The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: Volume 1: 800-1558. Edited by Rita Copeland. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp.xii +758. Hardcover, $235. ISBN 978-0-19-958723-0. Reviewed by Kathleen Burt, Middle Georgia State University This volume is chronologically first, but fourth to appear, in a series of five volumes intended “to offer a comprehensive…
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Ovid: A Poet on the Margins. By Laurel Fulkerson. Classical World Series. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2016. Pp. xiv + 104. Paperback ISBN 978-1-47253-134-6, 978-1-4752-734-9 and 978-1-4752-317-4. Reviewed by Jo-Marie Claassen, University of Stellenbosch The concise format required for Bloomsbury’s Classical World Series offers a unique challenge to any author brave enough…
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War and Society in Early Rome: From Warlords to Generals. By Jeremy Armstrong. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. xiv + 317. Hardcover, £64.99. ISBN 978-1-107-09357-7. Reviewed by Carsten Hjort Lange, Aalborg University, Denmark Armstrong’s new book on warfare in early Rome (c. 570-338 bce) presents us with a much appreciated opportunity to revisit…
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Latin of New Spain. By Rose Williams. Mundelein, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishing, 2015. Pp. xx + 280. Paper, $19.00. ISBN 978-0-86516-833-6. Reviewed by Tom Garvey, The Meadows School Despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of extant Latin derives from later than, and not infrequently from places geographically outside, the historical core of the…
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