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Volume 54 - Issue 4 - December 1940

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Reviews

Pliny's Natural History in the Loeb Library - Pliny, Natural History, with an English translation by H. Rackham. Vol. III. Libri VIII-XI. Pp. x+616. (Loeb Classical Library.) London: Heinemann, 1940. Cloth, 10s.(leather, 12s. 6d.) net.
R. G. Austin
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27 October 2009, pp. 200-201
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The Styles of Jerome and Leo the Great - J. N. Hritzu: The Style of the Letters of St. Jerome. Pp. xii+121. - W. J. Halliwell : The Style of Pope St. Leo the Great. Pp. xvi+98. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 1939. Paper, $2 each.
J. W. Pirie
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27 October 2009, pp. 201-202
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Hellenistic Archons - William Bell Dinsmoor: The Athenian Archon List in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Pp. xvi+274. New York: Columbia University Press (London: Milford), 1939. Cloth, 30s.
W. W. Tarn
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27 October 2009, pp. 202-203
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Plato on Slavery - Glenn R. Morrow: Plato's Law of Slavery in its Relation to Greek Law.Pp. 140. (Illinois Studies in Language and Literature, XXV, No. 3.) Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1939. Paper, $1.50.
A. W. Gomme
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27 October 2009, pp. 204-205
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Calabria - Gertrude Slaughter: Calabria the First Italy. Pp. xiv+330; 53 illustrations, maps. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1939. Cloth, $4.
P. N. Ure
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27 October 2009, pp. 205-206
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Abbreviations in Greek Inscriptions of the Near East - M. Avi-Yonah: Abbreviations in Greek Inscriptions (The Near East, 200 B.C.—A.D. 1100). Pp. 125. (The Quarterly ofthe Department of Antiquities in Palestine: Supplement to vol. ix.)London: Milford, 1940. Paper. 8s. net.
A. M. Woodward
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Christianity and Classical Culture - Charles Norris Cochrane: Christianity and Classical Culture. A Study of Thought and Action from Augustus to Augustine. Pp. vii+523. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940. Cloth, 30s. net.
R. M. Henry
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The Religious Policy of Anastasius I - Peter Charanis: Church and State in the Later Roman Empire: the Religious Policy of Anastasius the First, 491–518. (University of Wisconsin Studies in the Social Sciences and History, No. 26.) Pp. 102. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1939. Cloth, $1.50.
J. N. L. Myres
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The Conclusion of Zeus - A. B. Cook: Zeus, a Study in Ancient Religion. Volume III, Zeus, God of the Dark Sky. Two vols. (Part I, Text and Notes: Part II, Appendixes and Index). Pp. xxx+1299; 83 plates; 932 figures. Cambridge: University Press, 1940. Cloth, £8. 8s. net.
A. W. Pickard
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Studies in Honour of Nilsson - ΔΡAΓΜΑMartino P. Nilsson a.d. iv id. Iul. MCMXXXIX dedicatum. Pp.xv+656; 95 illustrations. Acta Instituti Romani Regni Sueciae, Series Altera, I. Lund: Gleerup (Leipzig: Harrassowitz), 1939. Paper.
J. Tate
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The Humanist Tradition - Gilbert Murray: Stoic, Christian and Humanist. Pp. 189. London: C. A. Watts & Co., 1940. Cloth, 5s. net.
D. Tarrant
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27 October 2009, pp. 214-215
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F. M. Combellack: Omitted Speech Formulas in Homer. University of California Publications in Classical Philology, Volume 12, No. 4, pp. 43–56. Berkeley: University of California Press (Cambridge: University Press), 1939. Paper, Is. 6d. net.
E. Harrison
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Roy E. Watkins: A History of Paragraph Divisions in Horace's Epistles. (Iowa Studies in Classical Philology, X.) Pp. 134. University of Iowa, 1940. Paper, $2.75.
L. P. Wilkinson
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SirAurel Stein, K.C.I.E.: Old Routes of Western Irān. Pp. xxvi+432; 112 illustrations, 31 plates, 25 plans, 7 sketch maps, and map of route. London: Macmillan, 1940. Cloth, 425. net.
W. W. Tarn
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A. H. McDonald: The Rise of Roman Imperialism. Pp. 18. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Co., 1940. Paper.
A. F. Giles
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Patricia Beesley: The Revival of the Humanities in American Education. Pp. xv+201. New York: Columbia University Press (London:Milford), 1940. Cloth, 13ς.6d. net.
R. W. Livingstone
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Volume 54 - Issue 4 - December 1940

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Pliny's Natural History in the Loeb Library - Pliny, Natural History, with an English translation by H. Rackham. Vol. III. Libri VIII-XI. Pp. x+616. (Loeb Classical Library.) London: Heinemann, 1940. Cloth, 10s.(leather, 12s. 6d.) net.

The Styles of Jerome and Leo the Great - J. N. Hritzu: The Style of the Letters of St. Jerome. Pp. xii+121. - W. J. Halliwell : The Style of Pope St. Leo the Great. Pp. xvi+98. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 1939. Paper, $2 each.

Hellenistic Archons - William Bell Dinsmoor: The Athenian Archon List in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Pp. xvi+274. New York: Columbia University Press (London: Milford), 1939. Cloth, 30s.

Plato on Slavery - Glenn R. Morrow: Plato's Law of Slavery in its Relation to Greek Law.Pp. 140. (Illinois Studies in Language and Literature, XXV, No. 3.) Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1939. Paper, $1.50.

Calabria - Gertrude Slaughter: Calabria the First Italy. Pp. xiv+330; 53 illustrations, maps. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1939. Cloth, $4.

Abbreviations in Greek Inscriptions of the Near East - M. Avi-Yonah: Abbreviations in Greek Inscriptions (The Near East, 200 B.C.—A.D. 1100). Pp. 125. (The Quarterly ofthe Department of Antiquities in Palestine: Supplement to vol. ix.)London: Milford, 1940. Paper. 8s. net.

Christianity and Classical Culture - Charles Norris Cochrane: Christianity and Classical Culture. A Study of Thought and Action from Augustus to Augustine. Pp. vii+523. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940. Cloth, 30s. net.

The Conclusion of Zeus - A. B. Cook: Zeus, a Study in Ancient Religion. Volume III, Zeus, God of the Dark Sky. Two vols. (Part I, Text and Notes: Part II, Appendixes and Index). Pp. xxx+1299; 83 plates; 932 figures. Cambridge: University Press, 1940. Cloth, £8. 8s. net.

Studies in Honour of Nilsson - ΔΡAΓΜΑMartino P. Nilsson a.d. iv id. Iul. MCMXXXIX dedicatum. Pp.xv+656; 95 illustrations. Acta Instituti Romani Regni Sueciae, Series Altera, I. Lund: Gleerup (Leipzig: Harrassowitz), 1939. Paper.

The Humanist Tradition - Gilbert Murray: Stoic, Christian and Humanist. Pp. 189. London: C. A. Watts & Co., 1940. Cloth, 5s. net.

Short Reviews

F. M. Combellack: Omitted Speech Formulas in Homer. University of California Publications in Classical Philology, Volume 12, No. 4, pp. 43–56. Berkeley: University of California Press (Cambridge: University Press), 1939. Paper, Is. 6d. net.

Roy E. Watkins: A History of Paragraph Divisions in Horace's Epistles. (Iowa Studies in Classical Philology, X.) Pp. 134. University of Iowa, 1940. Paper, $2.75.

SirAurel Stein, K.C.I.E.: Old Routes of Western Irān. Pp. xxvi+432; 112 illustrations, 31 plates, 25 plans, 7 sketch maps, and map of route. London: Macmillan, 1940. Cloth, 425. net.

A. H. McDonald: The Rise of Roman Imperialism. Pp. 18. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Co., 1940. Paper.

Patricia Beesley: The Revival of the Humanities in American Education. Pp. xv+201. New York: Columbia University Press (London:Milford), 1940. Cloth, 13ς.6d. net.

Summaries of Periodicals

Summaries of Periodicals

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‘Campbell's Agamemnon in English’

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Books Received

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