Classica et Mediaevalia 2010: Danish Journal of Philology and History (Volume 61) - Academic Research, Medieval Studies & Historical Linguistics Resource for Scholars

Of the 13 essays in this issue, one is in French and another in German. Among the topics are the term dike in Sophocles, whether menstrual blood was an unspeakable impurity in ancient Rome, Mytilene's embassy to Tarraco as an example of diplomacy in the Greek poleis of Asia Minor, Lucan's Punic War in the Disticha Catonis, an echo from Nonius Marcellus in Aldhelm's Enigmata, and the liber exulis in John Gower's 1381 Visio Anglie (Vox clamantis 1.1359-1592) as a 14th-century Anglo-Latin Ovidian. There is no index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)