Greece & Rome articles from October 1998

Greece & Rome archives from October 1998

WOMEN'S COMMENSALITY IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD.
October 1, 1998... Introduction Dining and drinking rituals in the ancient world have been the subject of much recent discussion, and the significance of these rituals, particularly for males, has been extensively studied.(1) Scholars have often slighted...

PLUTARCH ON SEX(1).
October 1, 1998... I One of the less expected treatises included in Plutarch's Moralia consists of the nine books of `Table-talk' or topics suitable for discussion by the participants at the strictly male and private drinking party or symposium (612C ff.)....

CATULLUS' PASSER AS PASSER.
October 1, 1998... Poem 2 of the Liber Catullianus -- the first of the passer poems -- was probably the poet's most famous piece. The poem presents a charming and fascinating picture of a Roman matron who is said by the poet to divert her mind from her passion...

VIRGIL'S PIOUS MAN AND MENENIUS AGRIPPA: A NOTE ON AENEID 1.148-53.
October 1, 1998... ac ueluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est seditio saeuitque animis ignobile uulgus, iamque faces et saxa volant, furor arma ministrat; tum, pietate grauem ac meritis si forte uirum quem conspexere, silent arrectisque auribus astant; ille...

A (HI)STORY OF ILLYRIA(*).
October 1, 1998... Throughout history, little has been known about the land of Illyria. `As "savages" or "barbarians" on the northern periphery of the classical world', the historian John Wilkes writes, `even today the Illyrians barely make footnotes in most...

Aristophanes, Birds, Lysistrata, Assembly-Women, Wealth.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Aristophanes, Birds, Lysistrata, Assembly-Women, Wealth. A New Verse Translation, with Introductions and Notes, by Stephen Halliwell. Oxford U.P., 1997. Pp. lxxxi + 297. [pounds sterling] 45.00. Stephen Halliwell is currently working on a...

The Forensic Stage: Settling Disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comedy.(Review)
October 1, 1998... The Forensic Stage. Settling Disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comedy. By Adele C. Scafuro. Cambridge U.P., 1997. Pp. xxi + 512. [pounds sterling] 60.00. Disputes, arguments, and misunderstandings are an intrinsic element of ancient comedy,...

Etruscan Art.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Etruscan Art. World of Art. By Nigel Spivey. Thames & Hudson, London, 1997. Pp. 216, with 186 illustrations, 37 in colour. 6.95 [pounds sterling]. For students of ancient Rome, the Etruscans are brought on the stage of history to die at...

The Roman Army at War 100 BC-AD 200.(Review)
October 1, 1998... The Roman Army at War 100 BC-AD 200. Oxford Classical Monograph. By Adrian Keith Goldsworthy. Oxford U.P., 1996. Pp. xiv + 311, with 11 figures, 5 tables, and 2 maps. 40.00 [pounds sterling]. It has taken a considerable time for John...

Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 6 vols.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 6 Volumes. With a New Introduction by David Womersley. Routledge/Thoemmes Press, London, reprint of the 1777, 1781, 1781, 1788, 1788, 1788 editions. Pp. xxiii + 704, with...

Greek Literature.(Review)
October 1, 1998... No doubt where this batch of reviews must start -- with a fat tome by Martin West, (B)(**) The East Face of Helicon,(1) which compiles a massive catalogue of parallels (of language, theme, motif, story-pattern, etc.) between early Greek...

Roman Literature.(Review)
October 1, 1998... A criticism frequently raised by classicists who are sceptical about the importance and usefulness of `theory' is that scholars of the theoretical persuasion so often write in a jargon-filled and intractable style. Part of the problem may be...

Greek History.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Hitler may have had only one ball, but Pericles had `no testicles at all'. So Michael Vickers, waxing ever more controversial, in (B)(**)Pericles on Stage(1) (72). It all starts with the intriguing idea that, just like the Paphlagonian and...

Roman History.(Review)
October 1, 1998... The glamour attending on Hannibal's doomed enterprise should ensure there will never be a shortage of books about the Second Punic War. The latest to appear is John Peddie's (B)(*)Hannibal's War.(1) Written by a man who was himself a soldier...

Archaeology and Art.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Moral integrity may seem a peculiar virtue to identify in an archaic Athenian vase-painter especially in one about whose life we know next to nothing. But if his attributed output truly reflects the mind and soul of Exekias, then it is hard...

General.(Review)
October 1, 1998... A translation from the Dutch, (B)(**)An Introduction to the Ancient World(1) has several merits: it includes the Near East, from the third to the first millennium B.C., as well as Greece and Rome; topics such as religion, art, and literature...

Reprints.(Review)
October 1, 1998... A book with a strong personal tone has much to recommend it, and no book could be more personal than (B)(**)Classical Archaeology of Greece,(1) Shanks's ill-disciplined but always fascinating expose of the interests (and prejudices) of...

THE MORALIZING MESSAGE OF THE SENATUS CONSULTUM DE CN. PISONE PATRE.
October 1, 1998... The recently published senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre provides the opportunity not only to explore afresh an episode in Tiberius' reign recounted by Tacitus, but also to reassess several aspects of political life during the early...