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Tilt aftereffect for texture edges is larger than in matched illusory edges, but there is no difference in cross-adaptationIn Robert Schwartz (ed.), Perception, Blackwell. pp. 119-119. 2004.
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34Apuleius: A Latin SophistOxford University Press. 2004.This book provides the first general account of the works of the Latin writer Apuleius, most famous for his great novel the `Metamorphoses' or `Golden Ass'. Living in second-century North Africa, Apuleius was more than an author; he was an orator and professional intellectual, Platonist philosopher, extraordinary stylist, relentless self-promoter, as well as a versatile author of a remarkably diverse body of other work, much of which is lost to us.
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15Menander's Thais and catullus' LesbiaClassical Quarterly 65 (2): 887-888. 2015.Menander's lost comedyThaiswith its famous protagonist, thehetairalover of Ptolemy I Soter and perhaps Alexander himself, was plainly well known at Rome, and is alluded to several times in Latin poetry of the Augustan and later periods, as Ariana Traill has shown. My purpose here is to argue that the literary characterisation of Thais in Menander's play underlies certain aspects of Lesbia as presented in the poetry of Catullus; that Catullus' poetry uses the plays of Menander has been demonstrat…Read more
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4Hercvlis ritv: Caesar as Hercules in cicero's pro MarcelloClassical Quarterly 68 (1): 338-343. 2018.Cicero's praise of Caesar in thePro Marcelloof September 46b.c.e.has been much discussed for its sincerity or otherwise. Here I would like to point out some unobserved literary colour which may make some contribution to the argument, namely Cicero's subtle evocation of Hercules in describing the achievements of the victorious Caesar. Such an analogy is not unlikely in the context of Roman military image-making: Sulla in 78b.c.e.and Crassus and Pompey in 70b.c.e.had earlier encouraged connections…Read more
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37Baltes (M.), Lakmann (M.-L.), Dillon (J.M.), Donini (P.), Häfner (R.), Karfíková (L.) Apuleius: De deo Socratis. Über den Gott des Sokrates . Eingeleitet, übersetzt und mit interpretierenden Essays versehen . (SAPERE: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam Religionemque Pertinentia 7.) Pp. 230. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2004. Cased, SFr 49.90, €29.90. ISBN: 3-534-15573- (review)The Classical Review 56 (01): 139-. 2006.
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13Baltes, Lakmann , Dillon, Donini, Häfner, Karfíková Apuleius: De deo Socratis. Über den Gott des Sokrates. Eingeleitet, übersetzt und mit interpretierenden Essays versehen. Pp. 230. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2004. Cased, SFr 49.90, €29.90. ISBN: 3-534-15573-4 (review)The Classical Review 56 (1): 139-141. 2006.
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8Apuleius: De deo Socratis. Über den Gott des Sokrates. Eingeleitet, übersetzt und mit interpretierenden Essays versehen (review)The Classical Review 56 (1): 139-141. 2006.
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22Hot or strong? A textual note on Seneca, Phoenissae 254Classical Quarterly 53 (2): 633-634. 2003.
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38Laudes Helenae - Ferri, Seo, Volk Callida Musa: Papers on Latin Literature in Honor of R. Elaine Fantham. Pp. 268, figs. Pisa and Rome: Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2009. Cased €70. ISBN: 978-88-6227-175-2 (review)The Classical Review 60 (2): 445-447. 2010.
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31Virgil and the conspiracy theorists R. F. Thomas: Virgil and the Augustan reception . Pp. XX + 324. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2001. Cased, +40. Isbn: 0-521-78288- (review)The Classical Review 52 (02): 292-. 2002.