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posted with permission: Edith Hall, Richard Alston, and Justine McConnell, eds., Ancient Slavery and Abolition: From Hobbes to Hollywood. Classical Presences. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xviii + 509. Hardcover, £90.00/$150.00. ISBN 978-0-19-957467-4. Reviewed by Fábio Duarte Joly, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto The reception of ancient slavery in modern culture…
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posted with permission: C. P. Cavafy, Selected Prose Works. Translated and annotated by Peter Jeffreys. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2010. Pp. xix + 163. Paperback, $24.95. ISBN 978-0-472-05095-6. Reviewed by James Nikopoulos, Rutgers University Despite the numerous translations into English of C.P. Cavafy’s poetry that have appeared in recent years—no less than…
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posted with permission: David Potter, The Victor’s Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. (First published in the UK by Quercus, 2011.) Pp. xxx + 416. Paperback, $24.95. ISBN 978-0-19-984275-9. Reviewed by Stephen Brunet, University of New Hampshire The last decade has seen a series of…
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posted with permission: M. Rahim Shayegan, Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xxx + 539. 9 b/w figs.; 7 maps; 15 tables. Hardcover, £65.00/$110.00. ISBN 978-0-521-76641-8. Reviewed by Jan P. Stronk, Universiteit van Amsterdam In this book, aimed at a specialized…
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Posted with permission: Michael Pitassi, Roman Warships. Rochester, New York: Boydell Press, 2011. Pp. xii + 191. Hardcover, $90.00. ISBN 978-1-84383-610-0. Reviewed by Georgia L. Irby, The College of William and Mary Like Michael Pitassi’s first book on Roman maritime culture (The Navies of Rome, Rochester, 2009), Roman Warships offers more for the general reader…
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