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Ancient Studies

Johns Hopkins University Press

Rome

The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire

From the First Century CE to the Third

revised and updated editionEdward N. Luttwak

“Lucidly and vigorously written. It is a long time since I have read so important a contribution to Roman history.”—Times Literary Supplement

2016 272 pp. 10 line drawings, 15 maps978-1-4214-1945-9 $29.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

Patients and Healers in the High Roman

EmpireIdo Israelowich

“An original, innovative, and provocative history of ancient medicine in the High Roman Empire from the patient’s point of view.”—Manfred Horstmanshoff, Leiden University

2015 208 pp., 3 halftones978-1-4214-1628-1 $59.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

Rome’s Christian Empress

Galla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire

Joyce E. Salisbury

The page-turning account of Galla Placidia, a remarkable ruler at the twilight of the Roman Empire.

2015 248 pp. 11 halftones, 1 line drawing, 7 maps978-1-4214-1700-4 $34.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

The Day Commodus Killed a Rhino

Understanding the Roman Games

Jerry Toner

“Toner’s excellent new book provides the historical context for Ridley Scott’s emperor-gladiator.”

—History TodayWitness to Ancient History

Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor

2014 144 pp. 6 halftones, 2 line drawings978-1-4214-1586-4 $19.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

Maternal MegalomaniaJulia Domna and the Imperial

Politics of MotherhoodJulie Langford

“Provocative and original . . . Langford’s conclusions are daring and . . . mark out significant new territory in the study of the political culture of the High Empire.”—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

2013 232 pp., 30 b&w illus.978-1-4214-0847-7 $55.00 hcAlso available as an e-book

Johns Hopkins University Press

Rome

Roman Literary CultureFrom Plautus to Macrobius

second editionElaine Fantham

“An important work, full of learning, which serves simultaneously to deepen our appreciation of Latin literature in its social context, to provoke further exploration of the questions the author raises, and to continue debate concerning certain of the answers.”—New England Classical Journal

2013 368 pp., 1 b&w illus.978-1-4214-0836-1 $30.00 pbAlso available as an e-book

Chariot Racing in the Roman Empire

Fik Meijer

translated by Liz Waters

“Readers will find an excellent overview of our knowledge of ancient Roman chariot racing in this fairly short and readable book.”—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

2010 208 pp. 19 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 maps978-0-8018-9697-2 $29.95 hc

RomeA Living Portrait

of an Ancient CityStephen L. Dyson

“This exploration of Rome and what happened there seeks not only to examine the physical and structural evolution of the city from earliest times until the early Christian era, but also to explore its social and cultural history.”

—Oxbow Book News

2010 488 pp. 28 halftones, 16 line drawings978-0-8018-9254-7 $35.00 pbAlso available as an e-book

The Latin Inscriptions of Rome

A Walking GuideTyler Lansford

“If this book is not slipped into many a Rome-bound suitcase, there is no justice in the world. I can think of few more enjoyable companions on a prowl through the city.”—Times Literary Supplement

2009 600 pp. 15 b&w illus., 1 line drawing, 16 maps978-0-8018-9150-2 $29.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic

TraditionJay Fisher

“A fascinating study of the language of the first hexametric epic in Rome. . . I enjoyed and learned much in reading this fine monograph.”—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

2014 224 pp.978-1-4214-1129-3 $69.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

Johns Hopkins University Press

Children and Childhood in Classical Athens

second editionMark Golden

“A superb book, an important substantive and methodological contribution to the social history of ancient Athens and a model for comparable studies.”

—American Historical Review

2015 272 pp., 17 halftones978-1-4214-1686-1 $24.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

The Battle of ArginusaeVictory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years

of the Peloponnesian WarDebra Hamel

“A captivating account of the battle of Arginusae. A gripping read.”—Lawrence A. Tritle, author of A New History of the Peloponnesian War

Witness to Ancient History Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor

2015 152 pp. 4 halftones, 4 line drawings, 4 maps978-1-4214-1681-6 $19.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

Approaches to Greek Myth

second editionedited by Lowell Edmunds

“Well organized, edited, and arranged, this text is of unquestioned value to all teachers of mythology, to the advanced student of the classics, and to the research scholar, a welcome resource volume.”—Classical World

2014 480 pp. 2 line drawings, 3 maps, 10 plates978-1-4214-1419-5 $29.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

Voices at WorkWomen, Performance, and

Labor in Ancient GreeceAndromache Karanika

“Drawing from a wealth of ancient and comparative sources, and harnessing a range of theoretical approaches, Karanika offers a landmark study of female labour and Greek poetics. The book. . . offers important new insights into Greek poetry.”—Times Higher Education

2014 320 pp., 6 b&w photos978-1-4214-1255-9 $59.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

Homeric Speech and the Origins of RhetoricRachel Ahern Knudsen

Based on a close analysis of persuasive speeches in the Iliad, Knudsen argues that Homeric poetry displays a systematic and technical concept of rhetoric and that many Iliadic speakers in fact employ the rhetorical techniques put forward by Aristotle.

2014 248 pp., 3 line drawings978-1-4214-1226-9 $49.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

Greece

Johns Hopkins University Press

Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor

Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery

Gregory S. Aldrete, Scott Bartell, and Alicia Aldrete

“Essential for anyone interested in ancient warfare and/or experimental archaeology. . . a defining and valuable contribution to our understanding of the ancient world.”—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

2013 304 pp., 21 b&w illus., 16 line drawings, 8 color plates978-1-4214-0819-4 $29.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

The Poetics of ConsentCollective Decision Making

and the IliadDavid F. Elmer

“The book is exemplary in approaching large poetic and cultural issues through details of language and patterns of formu-laic usage.”—American Journal of Philology

2012 336 pp.978-1-4214-0826-2 $55.00 hcAlso available as an e-book

Reading HerodotusA Guided Tour through the

Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The

HistoryDebra Hamel

“The book provides an accessible introduction both to Herodotus and to an exciting period of Greek history, which culminates in the Persian Wars.”—Timothy E. Duff, University of Reading

2012 360 pp. 5 halftones, 9 line drawings978-1-4214-0656-5 $29.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

The Lives of the Greek Poets

second editionMary R. Lefkowitz

“A major book which aims at demolishing the underpinnings of much that has passed for Greek literary criticism . . . its proper application to classical studies will have a very positive effect.”—American Journal of Philology

2012 240 pp.978-1-4214-0464-6 $25.00 pb

The Birth of ComedyTexts, Documents, and

Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486–280

edited by Jeffrey Rusten

translated by Jeffrey Henderson, David Konstan, Ralph Rosen, Jeffrey Rusten, and Niall W. Slater

“A unique resource for the serious study of comedy, this book is vast in scope and of incalculable value for those who do not read Greek.”—Choice

2011 816 pp. 42 halftones, 1 line drawing978-0-8018-9448-0 $110.00 hc

Greece

Johns Hopkins University Press

The Other Four Plays of Sophocles

Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes

Sophocles

translated by David R. Slavitt

Famed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays of Sophocles.

2013 272 pp.978-1-4214-1137-8 $19.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

The Orphic Hymnstranslation, introduction,

and notes by Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow

The only English translation of the mysterious and cosmic Greek poetry known as the Orphic Hymns.

2013 280 pp.978-1-4214-0882-8 $22.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

The IliadHomer

translated by Edward McCrorie with an introduction and notes by Erwin F. Cook

Edward McCrorie offers a new verse translation of the Iliad, capturing the meaning and music of Homer’s original Greek.

Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity

2012 552 pp., 1 line drawing978-1-4214-0642-8 $25.00 pbAlso available as an e-book

The OdysseyHomer

translated by Edward McCrorie with an introduction and notes by Richard P. Martin

“[As] close to the original as is possible without reading the original Greek. It is refreshing, accurate, and direct.”

—Bloomsbury Review

Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity

2004 472 pp.978-0-8018-8267-8 $22.00 pbAlso available as an e-book

Cut These Words into My Stone

Ancient Greek Epitaphstranslated by Michael Wolfe

foreword by Richard P. Martin

The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society.

2012 208 pp.978-1-4214-0804-0 $24.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

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Translations from Antiquity

Johns Hopkins University Press

Comic DemocraciesFrom Ancient Athens to the

American RepublicAngus Fletcher

“An admirably ambitious and meaningfully interdisciplinary book. The breadth of knowledge on display here is impressive.”

—John Zumbrunnen, author of Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship

2016 224 pp.978-1-4214-1934-3 $49.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

Women and War in Antiquity

edited by Jacqueline Fabre-Serris

and Alison Keith

“Sheds important new light on a complex issue while offering penetrating interpretations at the intersection of history and literature.”—Kurt Raaflaub, coeditor of Raymond Westbrook’s Ex Oriente Lex: Near Eastern Influences on Ancient Greek and Roman Law

2015 360 pp., 13 halftones978-1-4214-1762-2 $55.00 hcAlso available as an e-book

Therapoetics after Actium

Narrative, Medicine, and Authority in Augustan Epic

Julia Nelson Hawkins

“Hawkins skillfully demonstrates the profound ways in which medical metaphor contributes to the sociopolitical message of the Augustan epic.”—Gareth D. Williams, author of The Cosmic Viewpoint: A Study of Seneca’s

“Natural Questions”

2016 352 pp., 2 halftones978-1-4214-1730-1 $59.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

Ex Oriente LexNear Eastern Influences on

Ancient Greek and Roman LawRaymond Westbrook

edited by Deborah Lyons and Kurt Raaflaub

“Both experts and non-experts in the study of the ancient world are indebted to the editors for this splendid edition of Raymond Westbrook’s papers.”—Gregory Nagy, author of The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours

2015 288 pp.978-1-4214-1467-6 $59.95 hcAlso available as an e-book

Environmental Problems of the Greeks and Romans

Ecology in the Ancient Mediterranean

second editionJ. Donald Hughes

“A significant contribution to understanding the relationship between classical civilization in the Mediterranean Basin and its contemporary natural environment during the period from 800 B.C. to 600 A.D.”—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

2014 320 pp., 44 halftones978-1-4214-1211-5 $27.95 pbAlso available as an e-book

The Ancient World

Johns Hopkins University Press

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