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^{OMNIBUS 62 SEPTEMBER 2011

　^{^CONTENTS}

　

^{‘George Washington in Nude Pollie Panic’: debating classical art in the
USA}

^{Alastair
Blanshard}

1

^{Sex and gender in Euripides’ Hippolytus}

^{James Morwood}

4

^{Permanent emergency? Augustus establishes the principate}

^{John
Rich}

6

^{Herakles, the Kerkopes, and Archilochos}

^{Robert Fowler}

9

^{‘So how about we rise up at last?’ Rebellion in Tacitus and in
contemporary France}

^{Katherine Low}

12

^{Berlitz Latin for travellers: a Greek speaker goes to Rome}

^{Eleanor Dickey}

15

^{Deception and self-deception in Ovid’s Amores}

^{Donncha O’Rourke}

18

^{The body of Christ}

^{Michael Squire}

21

^{Sophocles’ Ajax and the vase-painters}

^{Patrick Finglass}

25

^{Ancient military technology}

^{Tracey Rihll}

28

^{Omnibus interviews novelist}

^{^{^{Meg Clothier}}}

31

^{Berlitz Latin (p. 15): the answers...}

^{inside back cover}}





OMNIBUS 61 CONTENTS

　

　

Divine and human in
Euripides’
Medea

Edith Hall

1

Peace at
Rome? Placing Augustus’
Ara Pacis in context(s)

Alison Cooley

4

Homer and the Ancient Near
East-what’s in a parallel?

Adrian Kelly

7

Courting controversy:
Shakespeare’s use of Ovid in Venus
and Adonis

George Ellis

10

Wisdom through ignorance:
Meno meets Socrates

Daniel Silvermintz

13

To hell with Aeneas: looking
backwards and forwards in Aeneid
6

Fiachra Mac Gorain

15

Augustus and the women of
Akmoneia

Peter Thonemann

18

Catullus 63, a song of Attis
for the Megalesia

Elena Theodorakopoulos

21

Dancing like a maenad in the
twentieth century

Fiona Macintosh

24

Cicero the consistent
consul: saviour of the Republic

Eleanor Brooke

27

Xenophon, son of Gryllos, in
conversation with Maria Pretzler

　

30

OMNIBUS 60 CONTENTS

　
　

Augustus’ bath towel

Robin Osborne

1

Penelope to Arachne: the stories weaving women
tell

Karen Ní Mheallaigh

4

Study abroad: Cicero in Athens and Rhodes

Henriette van der Blom

7

Early Christianity and the Greek language

Philomen Probert

10

Elephant mountaineers – route finally revealed

　

12

Storms of passion in the Aeneid

Bob Cowan

13

Good and bad comedy in Aristophanes’ Clouds

James Robson

16

Diving in: bringing to light the lost cities
of Egypt

Damian Robinson

19

Beyond tragedy: Thucydides
and the Sicilian Expedition

Richard Seaford

22

A visit to virtual pasts: the new museum in
Ercolano

Shelley Hales

24

Greed, grit, and grandeur: Roman civilization
in the
Victorian nursery

Mark Bradley

27

It’s all going down the drain...

　

30

Roman table-talk, Greek style

Jason König

31}

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OMNIBUS 62 SEPTEMBER 2011	^{^CONTENTS}
^{‘George Washington in Nude Pollie Panic’: debating classical art in the USA}	^{Alastair Blanshard}	1
^{Sex and gender in Euripides’ Hippolytus}	^{James Morwood}	4
^{Permanent emergency? Augustus establishes the principate}	^{John Rich}	6
^{Herakles, the Kerkopes, and Archilochos}	^{Robert Fowler}	9
^{‘So how about we rise up at last?’ Rebellion in Tacitus and in contemporary France}	^{Katherine Low}	12
^{Berlitz Latin for travellers: a Greek speaker goes to Rome}	^{Eleanor Dickey}	15
^{Deception and self-deception in Ovid’s Amores}	^{Donncha O’Rourke}	18
^{The body of Christ}	^{Michael Squire}	21
^{Sophocles’ Ajax and the vase-painters}	^{Patrick Finglass}	25
^{Ancient military technology}	^{Tracey Rihll}	28
^{Omnibus interviews novelist}	^{^{^{Meg Clothier}}}	31
^{Berlitz Latin (p. 15): the answers...}	^{inside back cover}

OMNIBUS 61 CONTENTS
Divine and human in Euripides’ Medea	Edith Hall	1
*Peace at Rome? Placing Augustus’ Ara Pacis* in context(s)**	Alison Cooley	4
Homer and the Ancient Near East-what’s in a parallel?	Adrian Kelly	7
Courting controversy: Shakespeare’s use of Ovid in Venus and Adonis	George Ellis	10
Wisdom through ignorance: Meno meets Socrates	Daniel Silvermintz	13
*To hell with Aeneas: looking backwards and forwards in Aeneid* 6**	Fiachra Mac Gorain	15
Augustus and the women of Akmoneia	Peter Thonemann	18
Catullus 63, a song of Attis for the Megalesia	Elena Theodorakopoulos	21
Dancing like a maenad in the twentieth century	Fiona Macintosh	24
Cicero the consistent consul: saviour of the Republic	Eleanor Brooke	27
Xenophon, son of Gryllos, in conversation with Maria Pretzler		30

OMNIBUS 60 CONTENTS
Augustus’ bath towel	Robin Osborne	1
Penelope to Arachne: the stories weaving women tell	Karen Ní Mheallaigh	4
Study abroad: Cicero in Athens and Rhodes	Henriette van der Blom	7
Early Christianity and the Greek language	Philomen Probert	10
Elephant mountaineers – route finally revealed		12
Storms of passion in the Aeneid	Bob Cowan	13
Good and bad comedy in Aristophanes’ Clouds	James Robson	16
Diving in: bringing to light the lost cities of Egypt	Damian Robinson	19
Beyond tragedy: Thucydides and the Sicilian Expedition	Richard Seaford	22
A visit to virtual pasts: the new museum in Ercolano	Shelley Hales	24
Greed, grit, and grandeur: Roman civilization in the Victorian nursery	Mark Bradley	27
It’s all going down the drain...		30
Roman table-talk, Greek style	Jason König	31

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OMNIBUS 62 SEPTEMBER 2011

CONTENTS

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