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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion. Edited by Esther Eidinow and Juilia Kindt. Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xxii + 708. Hardcover, $150.00. ISBN 978-0-19-964203-8. Reviewed by Corey Hackworth, The University of Iowa This handbook contains 43 chapters, each a free-standing piece of scholarship, accompanied by its own brief bibliography. They range…
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Der Neue Poseidipp. Edited by Bernd Seidenticker, Adrian Stähli, and Antje Wessels. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2015. Pp. 444. Hardcover, €79.95. ISBN 978-3-534-24356-3. Reviewed by Paul Ojennus, Whitworth University Fifteen years after the first complete publication of P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 (hereafter “The New Poseidippus”), Seidensticker, Stähli, and Wessels present a full-length commentary on the…
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The Museum of Augustus: The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii, the Portico of Philippus in Rome, and Latin Poetry. By Peter Heslin. Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2015. Pp. xiii + 350. Hardcover, $65.00. ISBN 978-1-60606-421-4. Reviewed by Christina Kraus, Yale University This fascinating, beautifully produced book is a terrific read putting forward…
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Stealing Helen: The Myth of the Abducted Wife in Comparative Perspective. By Lowell Edmunds. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016. Pp. xvii + 430. Hardcover, $49.50. ISBN 978-0-691-16512-7 Reviewed by Henry V. Bender, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia Fascination with the name, the person, and the myth of Helen is epic and universal. Inspirations, derivations,…
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Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia by Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. xxvi + 374. $ 40.99. Paper. ISBN 978-1-107-57715-2. Reviewed by Jan P. Stronk, Universiteit van Amsterdam In a world where various forms of imperialism still exist, it is interesting to look at the way…
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