BMCR 2015.05.40 Bonnet on Rutherford, State Pilgrims and Sacred Observers in Ancient Greece

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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.05.40

Ian Rutherford, State Pilgrims and Sacred Observers in Ancient Greece: A Study of Theôriâ and Theôroi. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. xxvii, 534. ISBN 9781107038226. $120.00.

Reviewed by Corinne Bonnet, Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès (cbonnet​ AT
univ-tlse2.fr)

Table of Contents (http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/38226/toc/9781107038226_toc.pdf)

En 21 chapitres suivis d’un Appendice regroupant une très utile sélection de documents répartis en sept sections chronologiques (p. 361-442), Ian Rutherford, dont les travaux sur les pèlerinages et les voyages dans le monde grec sont connus et appréciés, propose ici une remarquable synthèse sur la théorie et les théores. Le sujet, comme il le souligne d’emblée dans la Préface, méritait assurément plus d’attention qu’il n’en avait reçu jusque-là, dans la mesure où il engage les relations diplomatiques de la polis, les activités religieuses, la gestion du territoire et la représentation de l’espace, les mobilités et leurs réseaux, ainsi que les pratiques symboliques qui s’y rapportent, bref un large éventail de pratiques, plus ou moins codifiées, et un ensemble de représentations et d’imaginaires liés à la relation des cités avec les dieux et des cités entre elles. En traitant systématiquement le sujet, en le décomposant en une série de facettes, toutes
analysées avec clarté et érudition, Ian Rutherford offre un volume précieux et stimulant qui est destiné à devenir une référence. […]

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BMCR 2015.05.40 (http://www.bmcreview.org/2015/05/20150540.html) on the BMCR blog​

RepiTitationes ~ 04/28/25

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CJ~Online 2015.05.10 Polt on Stevens, Silence in Catullus

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CJ-Online ~ 2015.05.10

Silence in Catullus. By Benjamin Eldon Stevens. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2013. Pp. x + 338. Paper, $34.95. ISBN: 978-0-299-29664-3.

Reviewed by Christopher B. Polt, University of South Florida (cpolt)

"Silence" is not the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Catullus’ poetry, where even the beds shout and the doors gossip, but Benjamin Stevens’ Silence in Catullus suggests that the gaps in Catullan speech not only are significant but constitute a "poetics of silence" that reveals how much humans depend on the constant chatter of language for their very existence. Stevens’ readings are frequently insightful, drawing innovative connections between familiar poems and those either less studied (e.g. the Gellius cycle) or too often viewed in isolation from the rest of the corpus (e.g. the poems on the brother’s death). The book’s style is somewhat convoluted and the desultory way Stevens moves between relevant theoretical work can at times be daunting, but patient readers will find much of value and interest in Stevens’ work, which contributes to many ongoing discussions in Catullan studies. […]

καὶ τὰ λοιπά​:

15.05.11 Greek Mythologies: Antiquity and Surrealism​

BMCR 2015.05.41 Zeiner-Carmichael on Whitton, Pliny the Younger: Epistles, Book II

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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.05.41

Christopher Whitton, Pliny the Younger: Epistles, Book II. Cambridge Greek and Latin classics. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. xiii, 328. ISBN 9780521187275. $34.99 (pb).

Reviewed by Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael, College of Charleston, SC (carmichaeln​ AT ​
cofc.edu)

Christopher Whitton’s commentary on Pliny’s Epistles 2 reinforces the growing scholarly tendency to read the Epistles in sequence and to appreciate individual books as distinct literary units (e.g., Whitton 2010; Gibson and Morello 2012). Whitton’s volume rejects previous anthologizing approaches, instead focusing on the twenty letters of Epistles 2, the shortest book of the collection. As stated in the Preface, the volume aims to “help readers construe Pliny’s Latin, to situate his work in a historical (and scholarly) context and to offer a literary interpretation” (p. vii). Whitton’s chief contribution lies in the third goal, whereby attention to Pliny’s structural engineering provides readers an opportunity to appreciate fully the artistry of Book 2and, as well, the entire corpus of Epistles. The return of individual letters to their books and to the whole collection, Whitton notes, “is not only to pay due respect to the integrity of an aesthetically arranged work of art,​ ​
it is essential to an appreciation of it” (pp. 12-13). Whitton’s volume admirably achieves this objective, offering a welcome resource for students and scholars alike, both of whom will benefit from the author’s philological expertise and interpretative insight.​ […]

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BMCR 2015.05.41 (http://www.bmcreview.org/2015/05/20150541.html) on the BMCR blog

Seen on various lists ~ Digital Classicist London seminar: webcast link

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From Gabriel Bodard:

Dear colleagues,

With apologies for cross-posting: for the first time this year, the Digital Classicist London seminars will be live-cast via the Web, so colleagues who are unable to make it to the events themselves at 16:30 (BST) on a Friday afternoon, can watch and listen along at the DCLS YouTube channel at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIamtu1Z62wL5XRk2mE8HKw

or watch the edited video which will appear in the same page a few days later.

For those who need a reminder, the seminars run every Friday afternoon in June – August in the Institute for Classical Studies, and this year’s programme can be found at:

http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2015.html

I hope to see many of you there, in person or via the network!