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Reviews the books 'Carthage Papers. The Early Colony's Economy, Water Supply, a Public Bath and the Mobilization of the State Olive Oil,' by J.T. Pena, J.J. Rossiter, A.I. Wilson and C. Wells, M. Carroll, J. Freed and D. Godden and 'The Sanctuary of Tanit at Carthage in the Roman Period. A Reinterpretation,' by H. Hurst.

The article reviews the book "Aspects of the Roman East: Papers in Honour of Professor Fergus Millar FBA," Volume I, by Richard Alston and Samuel N. C. Lieu.

Reviews the book `Roman Papers VI,' by R. Syme and edited A.R. Birley and `Roman Papers VII,' by R. Syme and edited by A.R. Birley.

A. WALLACE-HADRILL, ROME’S CULTURAL REVOLUTION. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xxiv + 502, 18 pls, illus. ISBN 0-5218-9684-3/9780-5218-9684-9 (bound); 0-5217-2160-1/9780-5217-2160-8 (paper). £65.00/US$130.00 (bound); £29.99/US$49.00 (paper). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ovid's narrative of Phaethon's failed attempt prematurely to emulate his father in his unique expertise can be read as a reflection on the virtues and limits of Lucretius' philosophical poetry. The paper suggests that, while he gives much credit to the De Rerum Natura's literary quality and its striving for the sublime, Ovid also critiques the hubristic connotations of Lucretius' rejection of divine authority and agency from the workings of nature. The second part of the article explores how this particular version of the myth touches upon issues of poetic authority, political positioning, and Oedipal competition. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reviews the book `Roman Culture and Society: Collected Papers,' by E. Rawson and edited by F. Millar.

Reviews the books `Collected Papers on Latin Literature,' by R.G.M. Nisbet, `Homage to Horace: A Bimillennary Celebration,' edited by S.J. Harrison and `Ethics and Rhetoric: Classical Essays for Donald Russell on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday,' edited by D. Innes, H. Hine and C. Pellings.

Reviews the books `New Studies in Latin Linguistics, Selected Papers from the 4th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Cambridge, April, 1987,' edited by R. Coleman, `Actes Du Ve Colloque de Linguistique Latine, Louvain-La-Neuve/Borzee 31 Mars-4 Avril 1989,' edited by M. Lavency and D. Longree, and `Latin Syntax and Semantics,' by H. Pinkster.

The article reviews the books "Variation and Change in Greek and Latin," Papers and Monographs of the Finnish School in Athens, 17, edited by M. Leiwo, H. Halla-Aho and M. Vierros and "La variation linguistique dans les langues de L'Italie préromaine," Collection de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée 45, Série linguistique et philologique 7, edited by G. van Heems

Reviews the book 'A Roman Life: Rutilius Gallicus on Paper and in Stone,' by John Henderson.

Reviews the book `Cicero the Philosopher: Twelve Papers,' edited by J.G.F. Powell.