Greece & Rome articles from October 1997

Greece & Rome archives from October 1997

Antigone's final speech (Sophocles, 'Antigone' 891-928).
October 1, 1997... [GREEK WORD NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] 904-920 deleted by Lehrs (905-913 by A. Jacob); 911-912 cited by Arist. Rhet. [1417.sub.a]32-33 905 [GREEK WORD NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] C. Winckelmann: [GREEK WORD NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] mss....

A note on the dating of the Social War. (4th-century Athens)
October 1, 1997... The chronology of the Social War(1) has for a long time been a source of dispute amongst historians of fourth-century Athens. The central problem has been the confusion that Diodoros, our main source for the period, got himself into. In the...

Philo's 'In Flaccum': ethnicity and social space in Roman Alexandria. (anti-semitic rioting in A.D. 38)
October 1, 1997... 1. Issues Philo's famous account of anti-semitic rioting in Alexandria in A.D. 38, the In Flaccum, has frequently been exploited by scholars interested in the legal status of the Jewish community within the city and the issue of the...

The shield of Turnus ('Aeneid' 7.783-92).
October 1, 1997... Much has been written about the lengthy ecphrasis of the shield of Aeneas at the end of the eighth book of the Aeneid. It is less frequently remarked that the ecphrasis balances a shorter -- but perhaps no less significant -- description of...

Tragical dreamer: some dreams in the Roman historians.
October 1, 1997... There are many ways of classifying dreams.(1) This paper is concerned with only one, perhaps the most fundamental: one which also -- we are told -- captures the most important difference between modem and ancient dream-interpretation....

The Oxford Classical Dictionary.
October 1, 1997... According to the accompanying leaflet, the OCD reveals 'the sensational truth about the ancient world!' while, more modestly, the dust-jacket proclaims the third edition 'the ultimate reference work on the classical world'. In fact neither...

Myth, Man and Metal: Bronze Sculpture of Ancient Greece and Rome.
October 1, 1997... Carol Mattusch is well known for her excellent publications on classical bronzes (Greek Bronze Statuary [1988] and Classical Bronzes [1996]), and she has most recently edited The Fire of Hephaistos which originated from the exhibition of...

Staging Greek Tragedy: Insights on Sites.
October 1, 1997... Professor Beacham teaches Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, where he has constructed a replica but indoor) Roman theater and successfully produced ancient dramas there in translation. He is perhaps best known for his stimulating...

Staging Roman Comedy: Pompeian Painting and Plautus.
October 1, 1997... Staging Roman Comedy is more professional and very rewarding, although parts of Beacham's lecture are delivered while he eats a meal in a restaurant built in the foundations of Pompey's theatre in Rome. The ancient theatre sites in this...

Greek literature.(Subject Reviews)
October 1, 1997... In addition to their influence on so much later Greek poetry, the two great Homeric epics have long helped to shape critical schools of thought. Since the establishment of systematic philology in the Hellenistic period, they have been...

Roman literature.(Subject Reviews)
October 1, 1997... I greatly enjoyed immersing myself in James O'Hara's fantastically learned [True.sup.B**] Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay.(1) The wordplays in question are mostly those perceived (or so presented) by the...

True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay.
October 1, 1997... I greatly enjoyed immersing myself in James O'Hara's fantasticary learned [True.supp.B**] Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay.[1] The wordplays in question are mostly those perceived (or so presented) by the...

Repetition in Latin Poetry: Figures of Allusion.
October 1, 1997... Similar in many ways, and likewise deserving of multiple stars (about six) in our categorization, is Jeffrey Will's [Repetition.sup.**] in Latin Poetry: Figures of Allusion.(2) This is a book not so much about Derridean iterability but about...

The Hidden Author: An Interpretation of Petronius' Satyricon.
October 1, 1997... Similar in many ways, and likewise deserving of multiple stars (about six) in our categorization, is Jeffrey Will's [Repetition.sup.**] in Latin Poetry: Figures of Allusion.(2) This is a book not so much about Derridean iterability but about...

Greek history.(Subject Reviews)
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

A Geological Companion to Greece and the Aegean.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

Lakedaimonion Politeia: Die Entstehung der spartanischen Verfassung.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

The Athenian Revolution: Essays on Ancient Greek Democracy and Political Theory.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

Introduction to an Inventory of Poleis.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

More Studies in the Ancient Greek Polis.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

Warfare in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

The Greek Historians.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

A Commentary on Thucydides, vol. 2, Books IV-V.24.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

The Genius of Alexander the Great.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

Alexander and the East.
October 1, 1997... When you have finished with that TV tie-in paperback or novelization of the screen adaptation of the classic work of fiction, why not have a look at the hard copy of the hypertext from the multimedia interactive database? Thomas Martin's...

Roman history.(Subject Reviews)
October 1, 1997... Managers say football is a game of two halves. A comparable claim could be entered for R. A. Gurval's. [Actium.sup.B**] and Augustus.(1) One portion is an historical study of what we may call the official reaction. Here the author tends...

Archaeology and art.(Subject Reviews)
October 1, 1997... `Only connect.' How often one wishes E. M. Forster's dictum true of scholarly response to ancient art: but how often, too, is the virtuous effort to connect frustrated by basic and unyielding impediments. Take the mummy portraits of Roman...

Portraits and Masks: Burial Customs in Roman Egypt.
October 1, 1997... `Only connect.' How often one wishes E. M. Forster's dictum true of scholarly response to ancient art: but how often, too, is the virtuous effort to connect frustrated by basic and unyielding impediments. Take the mummy portraits of Roman...

Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture.
October 1, 1997... `Only connect.' How often one wishes E. M. Forster's dictum true of scholarly response to ancient art: but how often, too, is the virtuous effort to connect frustrated by basic and unyielding impediments. Take the mummy portraits of Roman...

General. (classical studies)(Subject Reviews)
October 1, 1997... Really excellent value for very little money is offered by the two Penguin [Historical.sup.B*] Atlases,(1) the one of Ancient Greece and the other of Ancient Rome. More than strict history is covered (e.g., `The Classical Myths', `Greek...

Reprints. (classical studies)(Subject Reviews)
October 1, 1997... Released as a paperback by Duckworth in 1996, [These.sup.B*] were the Greeks(1) is not without its merits despite a somewhat cool reception when first published eighteen years ago (cf. G&R 27 [19801, 206-7). It contains plenty of...