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Books Received September 2016.

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*Amiri, Bassir (ed.). Religion sous contrôle: pratiques et expériences religieuses de la marge?. Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Antiquité. Besançon: Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2016. 200 p. € 22.00 (pb). ISBN 9782848675619.

*Bäbler, Balbina and Heinz-Günther Nesselrath. Philostrats Apollonios und seine Welt: griechische und nichtgriechische Kunst und Religion in der Vita Apollonii. Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 354. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. 149 p. $112.00. ISBN 9783110477641.

*Baghdassarian, Fabienne. La question du divin chez Aristote: discours sur les dieux et science du principe. Aristote. Traductions et études. Leuven; Paris; Bristol, CT: Peters, 2016. 350 p. (pb). ISBN 9789042932050.

*Baker, Patrick, Ronny Kaiser, Maike Priesterjahn and Johannes Helmrath (edd.). Portraying the prince in the Renaissance: the humanist depiction of rulers in historiographical and biographical texts. Transformationen der Antike, 44. Berlin; Boston: De Guryter, 2016. ix, 489 p. $140.00. ISBN 9783110472363.

**Biesinger, Benjamin. Römische Dekadenzdiskurse: Untersuchungen zur römischen Geschichtsschreibung und ihren Kontexten (2. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr.). Historia. Einzelschriften, 242. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016. 428 p. € 73.00. ISBN 9783515113397.

*Binder, Carsten, Henning Börm and Andreas Luther (edd.). Diwan: studies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean / Untersuchungen zu Geschichte und Kultur des Nahen Ostens und des östlichen Mittelmeerraumes im Altertum: Festschrift für Josef Wiesehöfer zum 65. Geburtstag. Duisburg: Wellem Verlag, 2016. x, 773 p. € 79.00. ISBN 9783941820241.

*Brandes, Wolfram, Felicitas Schmieder and Rebekka Voß (edd.). Peoples of the apocalypse: eschatological beliefs and political scenarios. Millennium- Studien / Millennium studies, 63. Berlin; Boston: De Guryter, 2016. vii, 367 p. $168.00. ISBN 9783110469493.

*Brands, Gunnar and Martin Maischberger (edd.). Lebensbilder: klassische Archäologen und der Nationalsozialismus, Band 2. Menschen - Kulturen - Traditionen, Bd 2,2; ForschungsCluster, 5. Rahden/Westf: VML Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2016. ix, 436 p. € 69.80 (pb). ISBN 9783867573948.

*Brandt, Olof. La croce e il capitello: le chiese paleocristiane e la monumentalità. Sussidi allo studio delle antichità cristiane, 28. Città del Vaticano: Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, 2016. 148 p. € 15.00 (pb). ISBN 9788885991644.

*Cairns, Douglas. Sophocles: Antigone. Bloomsbury companions to Greek and Roman tragedy. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. ix, 240 p. $29.95 (pb). ISBN 9781472505095.

*Caneva, Stefano G. From Alexander to the Theoi Adelphoi: foundation and legitimation of a dynasty. Studia Hellenistica, 56. Leuven; Paris; Bristol, CT: Peeters, 2016. xvi, 289 p. € 94.00 (pb). ISBN 9789042932890.

Cooley, Alison E. (ed.). A companion to Roman Italy. Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history. Malden, MA; Oxford; Chichester, 2016. xvi, 560 p. $195.00. ISBN 9781444339260.

*Derron, Pascale (ed.). La rhétorique du pouvoir: une exploration de l'art oratoire délibératif Grec. Neuf exposés suivis de discussions. Entretiens sur l'Antiquité classique, 62. Vandœuvres: Fondation Hardt pour l'étude de l'Antiquité classique, 2016. ix, 412 p. CHF 75.00. ISBN 9782600007627.

**Díaz Fernández, Alejandro. Provincia et Imperium: el mando provincial en la República romana (227-44 a.C.). Serie Historia y geografía, 301. Sevilla: Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, 2015. 653 p. € 26.00. ISBN 9788447217830.

*Donnellan, Lieve, Valentino Nizzo and Gert-Jan Burgers (edd.). Contexts of early colonization. Papers of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, 64. Roma: Palombi Editori, 2016. 387 pages. € 49.00 (pb). ISBN 9788860607294.

*Eckert, Alexandra. Lucius Cornelius Sulla in der antiken Erinnerung: Jener Mörder, der sich Felix nannte. Millennium-Studien / Millennium-studies, 60. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. x, 264 p. $112.00. ISBN 9783110449815.

Fenn, Nina. Späthellenistische und frühkaiserzeitliche Keramik aus Priene: Untersuchungen zu Herkunft und Produktion. Archäologische Forschungen, 35. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2016. 624 p. € 98.00. ISBN 9783954900954.

*Fögen, Thorsten and Richard Warren (edd.). Graeco-Roman antiquity and the idea of nationalism in the 19th century: case studies. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. vii, 305 p. $154.00. ISBN 9783110471786.

*Georgantzoglou, Nikolaos. Πινδάρου Ολυμπιόνικος 1: Ερμηνευτικός σχολιασμός. Athens: Σύλλογος προς Διάδοσιν Ωφελίμων Βιβλίων, 2016. xx, 419 p. (pb). ISBN 9789608351752.

**Gildenhard, Ingo and Andrew Zissos. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.511-733. Latin text with introduction, commentary, glossary of terms, vocabulary aid and study questions. Classics textbooks, 5. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2016. 260 p. £ 19.95 (pb); also available as epub. ISBN 9781783740826.

**Godwin, John. Juvenal: Satires, Book IV. Edited with a translation and commentary. Aris & Phillips classical texts. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2016. viii, 219 p. £ 19.99 (pb). ISBN 9781910572337.

*Goldsworthy, Adrian. Pax Romana: war, peace, and conquest in the Roman world. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2016. ix, 513 p., [16] p. of plates. $32.50. ISBN 9780300178821.

*Gourinat, Jean-Baptiste and Juliette Lemaire (edd.). Logique et dialectique dans l'Antiquité. Bibliothèque d'Histoire de la Philosophie. Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 2016. 480 p. € 40.00 (pb). ISBN 9782711626588.

*Griffin, Michael. Olympiodorus: On Plato First Alcibiades 10-28. Ancient commentators on Aristotle. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. viii, 231 p. $122.00. ISBN 9781472583994.

*Harris, W. V. Roman power: a thousand years of empire. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. xxi, 357 p. $49.99. ISBN 9781107152717.

*Helmer, Étienne (ed.). Richesse et pauvreté chez les philosophes de l'Antiquité. Tradition de la pensée classique. Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 2016. 320 p. € 29.00 (pb). ISBN 9782711626854.

*Horn, Christoph (ed.). Aristotle's Metaphysics Lambda - new essays. Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the Karl and Gertrud-Abel Foundation Bonn, November, 28th-December 1st, 2010. Philosophie der Antike, 33. Boston; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2016. xi, 311 p. $112.00. ISBN 9781501510915.

*Inwood, Brad (ed.). Oxford studies in ancient philosophy, volume XLIX: winter 2015. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. 412 p. $40.00 (pb). ISBN 9780198749608.

Jiménez Delgado, José Miguel. Sintaxis del griego micénico. Lingüística, 47. Sevilla: Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, 2016. 264 p. € 21.00 (pb). ISBN 9788447218127.

**Kendall, Calvin B. and Faith Wallis. Isidore of Seville, On the nature of things. Translated with introduction, notes and commentary. Translated texts for historians, 66. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2016. xiv, 313 p. £ 25.00 (pb). ISBN 9781781382943.

*Kleber, Kristin and Reinhard Pirngruber (edd.). Silver, money and credit: a tribute to Robartus J. van der Spek on the occasion of his 65th birthday. PIHANS, 128. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2016. xxix, 348 p. € 68.90 (pb). ISBN 9789062583393.

*Krieger, Gerhard (ed). Die Metaphysik des Aristoteles im Mittelalter: Rezeption und Transformation. Akten der 14. Tagung der Karl und Gertrud Abel-Stiftung vom 4.-6. Oktober 2011 in Trier. Philosophie der Antike, 35. Boston; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2016. xiii, 394 p. $140.00. ISBN 9781501511059.

*Krück, Marie-Pierre. Discours de la corruption dans la Grèce classique. Kaïnon, 5. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2016. 321 p. € 39.00 (pb). ISBN 9782812447099.

*Lamers, Han and Bettina Reitz-Joosse. The Codex Fori Mussolini: a Latin text of Italian fascism. Bloomsbury studies in classical reception. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. x, 139 p. $104.00. ISBN 9781474226950.

Lange, Carsten Hjort. Triumphs in the age of civil war: the late Republic and the adaptability of triumphal tradition. Bloomsbury classical studies monographs. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. xiv, 333 p. $128.00. ISBN 9781474267847.

*Leege, Oliver. Walter F. Ottos Studie "Dionysos. Mythos und Kultus": Antike-Forschung und moderne Kultur. Diskurs Religion, 11. Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, 2016. 285 p. € 44.00. ISBN 9783956502095.

*Livingstone, Niall. Athens: the city as university. Routledge monographs in classical studies. London; New York: Routledge, 2016. ix., 124 p. $140.00. ISBN 9780415212960.

Mathisen, Ralph W. Sources in ancient Mediterranean civilizations: documents, maps, and images. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. xxi, 578 p. $49.95 (pb). ISBN 9780190280918.

*McInerney, Jeremy and Ineke Sluiter (edd.). Valuing landscape in classical antiquity: natural environment and cultural imagination. Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, 393. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016. xv, 495 p. $181.00. ISBN 9789004319707.

*Merker, Anne. Le principe de l'action humaine selon Démosthène et Aristote: hairesis - prohairesis. L'Âne d'or. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2016. 479 p. € 29.00 (pb). ISBN 9782251420660.

**Muller, Béatrice. Maquettes antiques d'Orient: de l'image d'architecture au symbole. Antiqua. Paris: Éditions Picard, 2016. 296 p. € 49.00. ISBN 9782708410121.

*Nadali, Davide (ed.). Envisioning the past through memories: how memory shaped ancient Near Eastern societies. Cultural memory and history in antiquity, 3. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. xiii, 184 p. $120.00. ISBN 9781474223966.

*Nocchi, Francesca Romana. Commento agli Epigrammata Bobiensia. Texte und Kommentare, 54. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. ix, 482 p. $154.00. ISBN 9783110462012.

*Pappas, Theodoros G. Αριστοφάνης: Ο ποιητής και το έργο του. Athens: Εκδόσεις Gutenberg, 2016. 559 p. € 30.00 (pb). ISBN 9789600117998.

*Parzinger, Hermann. Abenteuer Archäologie: eine Reise durch die Menschheitsgeschichte. München: Verlag C. H. Beck, 2016. 255 p. € 19.95. ISBN 9783406696398.

*Plantzos, Dimitris. Greek art and archaeology c. 1200-30 BC (translated by Nicola Wardle). Athens; Atlanta: Kapon Editions; Lockwood Press, 2016. 304 p. $49.95 (pb). ISBN 9781937040574.

*Raaflaub, Kurt A. (ed.). The adventure of the human intellect: self, society, and the divine in ancient world cultures. The ancient world: comparative histories. Malden, MA; Oxford; Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2016. xiii, 266 p. $149.95. ISBN 9781119162551.

**Raaflaub, Kurt A. (ed.). Peace in the ancient world: concepts and theories. Ancient world: comparative histories. Oxford; Chichester; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2016. x, 186 p. $89.95. ISBN 9781118645123.

*Rehm, Rush. Understanding Greek tragic theatre. Second edition (first edition published 1992). Understanding the ancient world. London; New York: Routledge, 2017. xi, 173 p. $44.95 (pb). ISBN 9781138812628.

**Sanders, Ed and Matthew Johncock (edd.). Emotion and persuasion in classical antiquity. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016. 321 p. € 56.00. ISBN 9783515113618.

Schachner, Andreas and Jürgen Seeher (edd.). Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in der Westlichen Oberstadt von Ḫattuša I. Boğazköy-Ḫattuša, 24. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. ix, 225 p. $140.00. ISBN 9783110467390.

*Schmitt, Cathrin. Aphrodite in Unteritalien und auf Sizilien: Heiligtümer und Kulte. Studien zu antiken Heiligtümern, 5. Heidelberg: Verlag Archäologie und Geschichte, 2016. 474 p., 16 p. of plates, 1 CD ROM. € 96.00. ISBN 9783935289375.

*Sorabji, Richard (ed.). Aristotle transformed: the ancient commentators and their influence. Second edition (first edition published 1990). Ancient commentators on Aristotle. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. xlvii, 595 p. $172.00. ISBN 9781472589071.

Steger, Florian. Asklepios: Medizin und Kult. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016. 162 p. € 26.00 (pb). ISBN 9783515114479.

*Tröger, Ursula. Marsilio Ficinos Selbstdarstellung: Untersuchungen zu seinem Epistolarium. Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 352. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. ix, 519 p. $168.00. ISBN 9783110456424.

**Tziafalias, Athanasios (ed.). Corpus des inscriptions d'Atrax en Pélasgiotide (Thessalie). Études Épigraphiques, 7. Athènes: École française d'Athènes, 2016. 528 p., 43 figures, 85 p. of plates. € 92.00. ISBN 9782869582651.

*Ulbert, Thilo (ed.). Forschungen in Resafa-Sergiupolis. Resafa, 7. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. x, 154 p., 95 p. of plates. $140.00. ISBN 9783110467468.

*Vagelpohl, Uwe (ed., trans.). Galeni In Hippocratis Epidemiarum librum II Commentariorum I-VI versionem Arabicam (2 vols.). Corpus Medicorum Graecorum – Supplementum Orientale, V 2.1-2. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. 1,143 p. $223.00; $224.00. ISBN 9783110453485; 9783110462982.

*Weisser, Daniel. Quis maritus salvetur?: Untersuchungen zur Radikalisierung des Jungfräulichkeitsideals im 4. Jahrhundert. Patristische Texte und Studien, 70. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. xi, 320 p. $140.00. ISBN 9783110460087.

*Wendt, Heidi. At the temple gates: the religion of freelance experts in the early Roman empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. x, 262 p. $74.00. ISBN 9780190267148.

Whitehead, David. Philo Mechanicus: On Sieges. Translated with introduction and commentary. Historia. Einzelschriften, 243. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016. 510 p. € 84.00. ISBN 9783515113434.

*Wilberding, James. Forms, souls and embryos: Neoplatonists on human reproduction. Issues in ancient philosophy. London; New York: Routledge, 2016. ix, 232 p. $140.00. ISBN 9781138955271.

**Willekes, Carolyn. The horse in the ancient world: from Bucephalus to the Hippodrome. Library of classical studies, 10. London: I. B. Tauris, 2016. 304 p. $95.00. ISBN 9781784533663.

*Xenophontos, Sophia. Ethical education in Plutarch: moralising agents and contexts. Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 349. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. ix, 266 p. $140.00. ISBN 9783110350364.