The Classical Review: Volume 48 -

The Classical Review

Only show content I have access to (0)

Over 3 years (350)

View selected items
Save to my bookmarks
Export citations
Download PDF (zip)
Save to Kindle
Save to Dropbox
Save to Google Drive
Save content to
To save this undefined to your undefined account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your undefined account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save this article to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save
The Classical Review
ISSN: 0009-840X

EISSN: 1464-3561

URL: /core/journals/classical-review
Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

The Classical Review

Refine listing

Actions for selected content:

Volume 48 - April 1998

Book Review

J. Scheid, J. Svenbro: The Craft of Zeus: Myths of Weaving and Fabric (Translated by C. Volk). Pp. x + 226. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 1996 (first published in French, 1994). £25.50. ISBN: 0-674-17549-2.

E. Cattin(trans. and notes), L. Jaffro(intro. and appendix): [Arrien]: Manuel d’Épictète (Texte Intégral). Pp. 161. Paris: Flammarion, 1997. Paper. ISBN: 2-08-070797-3.

R. Hard (trans.): Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (Introduction and notes by C. Gill) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature). Pp. xxii + 200. Ware: Wordsworth Editions, 1997. Paper. ISBN: 1-85326-486-5.

L. Brisson: Einführung in die Philosophie des Mythos. Vol. 1: Antike, Mittelalter und Renaissance (Translated by A. Russer) (Die Philosophie). Pp. x + 242. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1996. Paper, DM 45/Sw. frs. 45/öS 351. ISBN: 3-534-10112-X.

I. M. Ruud: Minoan Religion: a Bibliography. (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature, Pocket-book 141.) Pp. vi + 124. Jonsered: Paul Åstrom, 1996. Paper. ISBN: 91-7081-162-8.

L. Pernot: Éloges grecs de Rome. Pp. 199. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1997. ISBN: 2-251-33931-0.

W. Speyer: Religionsgeschichtliche Studien. (Collectanea 15.) Pp. xix + 221. Hildesheim, Zurich, and New York: Georg Olms, 1995. DM 98. ISBN: 3-487-09993-4 (ISSN: 0175-8594).

P. N. Singer: Galen: Selected Works: Translated with an Introduction and Notes (World’s Classics). Pp. lii + 448. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Paper, £7.99. ISBN: 0-19-282450-3.

G. Cloke: This Female Man of God: Women and Spiritual Power in the Patristic Age, AD 350–450. Pp. xi + 243. London: Routledge, 1995. ISBN: 0-415-09469-0.

J. Bingen (ed.): Pausanias historien. (Entretiens sur l’antiquité classique, 41.) Pp. vii + 353. Vandoeuvres-Geneva: Fondation Hardt, 1996. Cased, Sw. frs. 68.

G. C. Papanastassiou: Compléments au Dictionnaire étymologique du grec ancien de Pierre Chantraine (Λ-Ω). Pp. 149. Thessaloniki: Éditions Magia, 1994. Paper. ISBN: 960-7244-09-5.

D. A. Russell: Libanius: Imaginary Speeches: a Selection of Declamations Translated with Notes. Pp. viii + 232. London: Duckworth, 1996. £40. ISBN: 0-715-2715-5.

C. Mango: The Correspondence of Ignatios the Deacon. (Dumbarton Oaks Texts, 11.) Pp. xi + 244. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies, 1997. $30. ISBN: 0-88402-243-9.

P. Jones: Learn Latin: The Book of the Daily Telegraph QED Series. Pp. 176, ills. London: Duckworth, 1997. Paper, £7.95. ISBN: 0-7156-2757-0.

P. Briant: Histoire de l'empire perse de Cyrus à Alexandre. Pp. 1247, 59 ills. Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1996. ISBN: 2-213-59667-0.

J. F. Haldon: Constantine Porphyrogenitus. Three Treatises on Imperial Military Expeditions. Pp. 342. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1990. Cased. ISBN: 3-7001-1778-7.

C. Calame: Mythe et histoire dans l'Antiquité grecque: La création symbolique d'une colonie. Pp. 185. Lausanne: Editions Payot, 1996. Paper, Sw. frs. 36.70. ISBN: 2-601-03189-1.

D. Neblung: Die Gestalt der Kassandra in der antiken Literatur. (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 97.) Stuttgart and Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1997. ISBN: 3-519-07646-2.

The Classical Review

Refine listing

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

Volume 48 - April 1998

Book Review