Phillip Zapkin, Hellenic Common: Greek Drama and Cultural Cosmopolitanism in the Neoliberal Era (Abingdon: Routledge, 2022). 9781003082743. Reviewed by Clare Kearns, Brown University, clare_kearns@brown.edu. African Medea; Antigone in Ferguson; Ajax in Iraq: adaptations of Greek tragedies have gone worldwide. At the same time, our world is increasingly determined by neoliberalism, a political philosophy which prioritizes…More
Inszenierung von Identitäten: Unteritalische Vasenmalerei zwischen Griechen und Indigenen
U. Kästner and S. Schmidt, eds., Inszenierung von Identitäten: Unteritalische Vasenmalerei zwischen Griechen und Indigenen, Beihefte zum Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Deutschland Band VIII (München: C.H. Beck, 2018). 9783769637793. Reviewed by Ricarda Meisl, New York University, rm5284@nyu.edu. The Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum hardly needs an introduction; for a century it has now been the go-to publication for…More
Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age
Emma M. Payne, Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021). 9781350120341. Reviewed by Kaley Aguero, Villanova University, kaguero@villanova.edu. In Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age (2021), Emma M. Payne examines the history and importance of Parthenon cast collections from the…More
Ciceros emanzipatorische Leserführung
Christopher Diez, Ciceros emanzipatorische Leserführung: Studien zum Verhältnis von dialogisch-rhetorischer Inszenierung und skeptischer Philosophie in De natura deorum, Palingenesia 128 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2021). 9783515130264. Reviewed by Peter Osorio, University of Toronto, peter.osorio@utoronto.ca. Christopher Diez defends a reading of De natura deorum (ND) that is of a piece with other contemporary scholarship on Cicero’s…More
Lucretius On Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity
George Kazantzidis, Lucretius On Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in De Rerum Natura (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021). Reviewed by Anastasiia Starovoitova, University of Southern California, starovoi@usc.edu. In Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in De Rerum Natura, George Kazantzidis takes an innovative approach to the topic of morbidity by focusing on disease as playing…More
Nectar of the Gods: From Hera’s Hurricane to the Appletini of Discord. 75 Mythical Cocktails to Drink Like a Deity
Liv Albert and Thea Engst, Nectar of the Gods: From Hera’s Hurricane to the Appletini of Discord. 75 Mythical Cocktails to Drink Like a Deity (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2022). 9781507217993. Reviewed by Brooke Kolhagen, University of North Texas, brookekolhagen@gmail.com. Nectar of the Gods, far from the average cookbook, is a collection of cocktail…More
Abused Bodies in Roman Epic
Andrew M. McClellan, Abused Bodies in Roman Epic (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Reviewed by Courtney Evans, Duke University, courtney.evans@duke.edu. This project, originating from McClellan’s dissertation, seeks to offer a “fundamental re-evaluation of violence and warfare in Latin epic” (17) by shifting our interpretive lens onto the corpses of epic, viewing them as “characters” which…More
Ritual in Deuteronomy: The Performance of Doom
Melissa D. Ramos, Ritual in Deuteronomy: The Performance of Doom (London: Routledge, 2021). 9781138570986. Reviewed by Joseph Scales, independent scholar, josephdscales@gmail.com. Ritual in Deuteronomy is a fascinating yet broad topic. Previous studies have examined various elements of Deuteronomy and ritual practice or theory. Ramos adds to this body of work through an examination of chapters 27–30 in this…More
Archaeology in the Smallest Realm: Micro Analyses and Methods for the Reconstruction of Early Societies on Cyprus
Marialucia Amadio, ed., Archaeology in the Smallest Realm: Micro Analyses and Methods for the Reconstruction of Early Societies on Cyprus (Rome: Artemide Edizioni, 2021). 9788875753795. Reviewed by Christine L. Johnston, Western Washington University, Christine.johnston@wwu.edu. This slim volume (166 pp.) presents ten studies of archaeological microanalysis, focusing in particular on the enhanced benefits of integrating macro-…More
Acta Martyrum Scillitanorum: A Literary Commentary
Vincent Hunink, Acta Martyrum Scillitanorum: A Literary Commentary. Giornale Italiano di Filologia Bibliotheca 24 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2021). 9782503590950. Reviewed by Jared Secord, University of Calgary, jaredjohn.secord@ucalgary.ca The Acts of the Scilitan Martyrs (henceforth ASM) has traditionally been regarded as one of the earliest works of Christian Latin literature. It narrates the encounter between a group…More