The Journal of Hellenic Studies 137, 2017
Research Articles
Robert Mayhew, Aristotle on the Eagle in Iliad 21.252: On Five Mistaken Homeric Scholia, pp. 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000027
Lucia Prauscello, Plato Laws 3.680B–C: Antisthenes, The Cyclopes and Homeric Exegesis, pp. 8-23 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000039
J.Z. Van Rookhuijzen, Thetis in the ‘Ovens’: A Reconsideration of Herodotus’ Topography of Magnesia, pp. 24-41 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000040
Nathanael J. Andrade, Drops of Greek in a Multilingual Sea: The Egyptian Network and its Residential Presences in the Indian Ocean, pp. 42-66 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000052
Jonas Grethlein, Luuk Huitink, Homer’s Vividness: An Enactive Approach, pp. 67-91 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000064
Philip Thibodeau, Anaximander’s Model and the Measures of the Sun and Moon, pp. 92-111 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000076
Stephen E. Kidd, Greek Dicing, Astragaloi and the ‘Euripides’ Throw, pp. 112-118 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000088
Stephen E. Kidd, How to Gamble in Greek: The Meaning of Kubeia, pp. 119-134 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691700009X
Matthew Hosty, Schrödinger’s Mouse: Liminality and the ΛΙΜΝΗ in the Batrachomyomachia, pp. 135-141 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000106
Tom Phillips, Pindar’s Voices: Music, Ethics and Reperformance, pp. 142-162 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000118
Laura A. Marshall, Gadfly or Spur? The Meaning of ΜΎΩΨ in Plato’s Apology of Socrates, pp. 163-174 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691700012X
Catalin Anghelina, Athena’s Birth on the Night of the Dark Moon, pp. 175-183 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000131
Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant, The ‘Treatment’ of a Box in Delphi: A Unique Use of the Word ἺΑΣΙΣ, pp. 184-187 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000143
Rachel Bryant Davies, The Figure of Mary Mother of God in Christus Patiens: Fragmenting Tragic Myth and Passion Narrative in a Byzantine Appropriation of Euripidean Tragedy, pp. 188-212 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000155
Review Article
Julia Kindt, Capturing The Ancient Animal: Human/Animal Studies and the Classics, pp. 213-225 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000167
Reviews of Books
Literature
(L.) Edmunds Stealing Helen: The Myth of the Abducted Wife in Comparative Perspective. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Pp. 430. $49.50. 9780691165127. Ryan Platte, pp. 227-228 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000179
(P.) Finglass and (A.) Kelly Eds Stesichorus in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xii + 211. £69.99/$110. 9781107069732. T.R.P. Coward, pp. 228-229 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000180
(G.) Most and (L.) Ozbek Eds Staging Ajax’s Suicide (Seminari e Convegni 43). Pisa: Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 2015. Pp. 345. €25. 9788876425677. David J. Hetrick, pp. 229-230 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000192
(V.) Vahtikari Tragedy Performances Outside Athens in the Late Fifth and the Fourth Centuries BC (Papers and Monographs of the Finnish Institute at Athens 20). Helsinki: Foundation of the Finnish Institute at Athens, 2014. Pp. 334. €30. 9789526721187. Anne Duncan, pp. 230-231 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000209
(S.) Halliwell Aristophanes: Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria, Frogs: A Verse Translation with Introduction and Notes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xcv + 298. £55. 9780198149941. Sarah Miles, pp. 231-232 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000210
(S.) Coin-Longeray Poésie de la richesse et de la pauvreté: étude du vocabulaire de la richesse et de la pauvreté dans la poésie grecque antique, d’Homère à Aristophane: ἄϕενoς, ὄƛβος, πƛοῦτος, πενία, πτωχός (Mémoires du Centre Jean Palerne 38). Saint- Etienne: Publications de l’Université de Saint-Etienne, 2014. Pp. 241. €27. 9782862726632. Lucia Cecchet, pp. 233-234 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000222
(S.) Hornblower Ed. Lycophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary and Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xxi + 617. £120. 9780199576708. Alexander Sens, pp. 234-235 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000234
(E.D.) Matusova The Meaning of the Letter of Aristeas: In Light of Biblical Interpretation and Grammatical Tradition, and with Reference to its Historical Context. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015. Pp. 172. €80. 9783525540435. Sylvie Honigman, pp. 235-236 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000246
(N.) Worman Landscape and the Spaces of Metaphor in Ancient Literary Theory and Criticism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. 378. £64.99. 9780521769556. Anna Novokhatko, pp. 236-237 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000258
(V.) Caston and (S.) Weineck Eds Our Ancient Wars: Rethinking War through the Classics. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. Pp. 289. $45. 9780472052981. Jennifer Martinez Morales, pp. 237-238 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691700026X
Bassi (K.) Traces of the Past: Classics between History and Archaeology. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. Pp. 246. $70. 9780472119929. Kate Caraway, pp. 238-240 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000271
History
(A.) Bresson (tr. S. Rendall) The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy: Institutions, Markets, and Growth in the City-States. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016. Pp. 648. £34.95. 9780691144702. David Lewis, pp. 240-241 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000283
(I.) Pernin Les baux ruraux en Grèce ancienne: corpus épigraphique et étude (Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée 66). Paris: De Boccard Éditions- Diffusion, 2014. Pp. 631. €75. 9782356680402. Edward M. Harris, pp. 241-242 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000295
(W.S.) Bubelis Hallowed Stewards: Solon and the Sacred Treasurers of Ancient Athens. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. Pp. 288. $75. 9780472119424. Giovanni Marginesu, pp. 242-243 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000301
(E.) Cohen Athenian Prostitution: The Business of Sex. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2015. pp. 264. £47.99/$74. 97801902-75921. Laura K. Mcclure, pp. 243-244 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000313
(E.) Caire Penser l’oligarchie à Athènes aux Ve et IVe siècles: aspects d’une idéologie. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2016. Pp. 402. €45. 9782251328935. Matthew Simonton, pp. 244-245 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000325
(S.M.) Wijma Embracing the Immigrant: The Participation of Metics in Athenian Polis Religion (Historia Einzelschriften 233). Stuttgart: Steiner Verlag, 2014. Pp. 197. €53. 9783515106429. Rebecca Futo Kennedy, p. 246 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000337
(L.) Reitzammer The Athenian Adonia in Context: The Adonis Festival as Cultural Practice. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2016. $65. Pp. 288. 9780299308209. Susan Deacy, pp. 246-247 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000349
(E.) Eidinow Envy, Poison, and Death: Women on Trial in Classical Athens. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. xii + 421. £70/$110. 9780199562602. Allison Glazebrook, pp. 248-249 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000350
Nichols (M.P.) Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom. Ithaca NY and London: Cornell University Press, 2015. Pp. 208. $49.50. 97800801453168. Daniel Schillinger, pp. 249-250 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000362
(L.I.) Hau Moral History from Herodotus to Diodorus Siculus. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016. Pp. viii + 312. £80. 9781474411073. Frances Pownall, pp. 250-251 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000374
(E.D.) Carney King and Court in Ancient Macedonia: Rivalry, Treason and Conspiracy. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, 2015. Pp. xxvi + 326. £68. 9781905- 125982. Daniel Ogden, pp. 251-252 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000386
(A.) Blaineau Le cheval de guerre en Grèce ancienne. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2015. Pp. 348. €20. 9782753541368. Louis L’Allier, pp. 252-253 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000398
(T.R.) Trautmann Elephants and Kings: An Environmental History. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2015. Pp. 372. £21. 9780226264226. Panagiotis Iossif, pp. 253-254 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000404
Art and Archaeology
(Y.) Galanakis, (T.) Wilkinson and (J.) Bennet Eds ΑΘΥΡΜΑΤΑ: Critical Essays on the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean in Honour of E. Susan Sherratt. Oxford: ArchaeoPress, 2014. Pp. iv + 274. £43. 9781784910198. Evangelos Kyriakidis, pp. 254-256 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000416
(A.) Karetsou and (L.) Girella Kalochoraphitis: Two Chamber Tombs from the LM IIIA2–B Cemetery. A Contribution to Postpalatial Funerary Practice in the Mesara (Studi di Archeologia Cretese 12). Padova: Aldo Ausilio Editore, Bottega D'Erasmo, 2015. Pp. 438. €250. 9788861250703. Yannis Galanakis, pp. 256-257 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000428
(L.C.) Langford-Verstegen with contributions by P.P. Betancourt, C. Davaras, S.C. Ferrence and E. Nodarou (edited by P.P. Betancourt, C. Davaras and E. Stravopodi) Hagios Charalambos: a Minoan Burial Cave in Crete 2. The Pottery (Prehistory Monograph 51). Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2016. Pp. xxi + 145. $60. 9781931534833. Donald C. Haggis, pp. 257-258 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691700043X
(M.B.) Cosmopoulos Bronze Age Eleusis and the Origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xvii + 227. £67. 9781107010994. Margaret M. Miles, pp. 259-260 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000441
(M.-P.) De Hoz, (J.P.) Sánchez Hernández and (C.) Molina Valero Eds Between Tarhuntas and Zeus Polieus: Cultural Crossroads in the Temples and Cults of Greco-Roman Anatolia. Leuven: Peeters, 2016. Pp. xx + 255. €90. 9789042932654. Felipe Rojas, pp. 260-261 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000453
(E.R.) Gebhard and (T.E.) Gregory Eds Bridge of the Untiring Sea: The Corinthian Isthmus from Prehistory to Late Antiquity (Hesperia Supplement 48). Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2015. Pp. xxi + 386. $75. 9780876615485. - (D.K.) Pettegrew The Isthmus of Corinth: Crossroads of the Mediterranean World. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. Pp. xii + 290. $85. 9780472119844. John Salmon, pp. 261-263 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000465
(A.) Glazebrook and (B.) Tsakirgis Eds Houses of Ill Repute: The Archaeology of Brothels, Houses, and Taverns in the Greek World. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Pp. 264. £60. 9780812247565 Matthew Fitzjohn, pp. 263-264 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000477
(M.) Sommer and (D.) Sommer Care, Socialization and Play in Ancient Attica: A Developmental Childhood Archaeological Approach. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2015. Pp. 198. Kr.249.95. 9788771242973. Lesley A. Beaumont, pp. 264-266 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000489
(H.) Hochscheid Networks of Stone: Sculpture and Society in Archaic and Classical Athens. Bern: Peter Lang AG, 2015. Pp. xviii + 500. £60. 9783034309929. Nigel Spivey, pp. 266-267 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000490
(J.M.) Hurwit Artists and Signatures in Ancient Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xxi + 210. £64.99. 9781107105713. Caspar Meyer, pp. 268-269 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000507
(J.E.) Francis and (A.) Kouremenos Eds Roman Crete: New Perspectives. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2016. Pp. 288. £48. 9781785700958. Michael J. Curtis, pp. 269-270 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000519
(M.) Sève and (P.) Weber Guide du forum de Philippes (Sites et monuments 18). Athens: École française d’Athènes, 2012. Pp. 91. €19. 9782869582415. Athanasios Rizakis, pp. 270-271 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000520
Philosophy
(D.) Silvermintz Protagoras (Ancients in Action). London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Pp. x + 93. £14.99. 9781472510921. Sebastiano Molinelli, pp. 272-273 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000532
(J.H.) Fritz Plato and the Elements of Dialogue. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2016. Pp. xii + 198. £54.95. 9781498512046. Imogen Smith, pp. 273-274 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000544
(A.K.) Cotton Platonic Dialogue and the Education of the Reader (Oxford Classical Monographs). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. viii+330. £73. 9780199684052. Zacharoula Petraki, pp. 274-275 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000556
(S.) Delcomminette, (P.) D'Hoine and (M.-A.) Gavray Eds Ancient Readings of Plato's Phaedo (Philosophia Antiqua 140). Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. Pp. viii + 364. €140. 9789004282179. Andrew Smith, pp. 275-276 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000568
(M.) Solitario Leonidas of Tarentum: Between Cynical Polemic and Poetic Refinement (Quaderni dei Seminari Romani di cultura greca 19). Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2015. Pp. 116. €31. 9788871406077. Arianna Gullo, pp. 276-277 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691700057X
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
(A.) Kaldellis and (I.) Polemis Eds and Trs Psellos and the Patriarchs: Letters and Funeral Orations for Keroullarios, Leichoudes, and Xiphilinos. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015. Pp. x + 242. $35. 9780268033286. Nepheli Mauche, pp. 278-279 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000581
Reception and History of Scholarship
(A.) Goldwyn Ed. The Trojan Wars and the Making of the Modern World. Uppsala: Uppsala University Library, 2015. Pp. viii + 270. SEK 278. 9789155493226. Jan Haywood, pp. 279-280 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000593
(L.) Monrós-Gaspar Victorian Classical Burlesques: A Critical Anthology. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. Pp. x + 298. £25.99. 9781472537867. Alastair J.L. Blanshard, pp. 280-281 https://doi.org/10.1017/S007542691700060X
(M.D.) Konaris The Greek Gods in Modern Scholarship: Interpretation and Belief in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Germany and Britain (Oxford Classical Monographs). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. x + 361. £70. 9780198737896. Alain Gough-Olaya, pp. 281-282 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000611
(A.) Kaiser Archaeology, Sexism and Scandal: The Long-suppressed Story of One Woman's Discoveries and the Man Who Stole Credit for Them. Lanham and London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Pp. xx + 251. £24.95 9781442230033. Marianna Nikolaidou, pp. 282-283 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000623
(P.) Carabott, (Y.) Hamilakis and (E.) Papargyriou Eds Camera Graeca: Photographs, Narratives, Materialities (Centre for Hellenic Studies King's College London, Publications 16). Farnham: Ashgate, 2015. Pp. xx + 375. £78.99. 9781472424761. J.A. Baird, pp. 283-284 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000635
(G.) Bodard and (M.) Romanello Eds Digital Classics Outside the Echo-Chamber: Teaching, Knowledge Exchange & Public Engagement. London: Ubiquity Press, 2016. Pp. xii + 221. Open access. 9781909188471; http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/bat. Anna Foka, pp. 284-286 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000647
Linguistics
(P.) Probert Early Greek Relative Clauses. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xxvi + 503. £95. 9780198713821. Klaas Bentein, pp. 286-287 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000659
(L.) Nordgren Greek Interjections: Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics. Berlin and Boston: De Guyter, 2015. Pp. xii + 270. £74.99. 9783110339369. Simon Oswald, pp. 287-288 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426917000660
Index of Books Reviewed, pp. 289-290