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Review Of Ruby Blondell. 2023. Helen Of Troy In Hollywood. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Pp. 352. Hardcover (Isbn 978-0-691-22962-1) $39.95., Shubert I. Silveira May 2026

Review Of Ruby Blondell. 2023. Helen Of Troy In Hollywood. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Pp. 352. Hardcover (Isbn 978-0-691-22962-1) $39.95., Shubert I. Silveira

New England Classical Journal

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Full Issue - 53.1 May 2026

Full Issue - 53.1

New England Classical Journal

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Masthead - 53.1 May 2026

Masthead - 53.1

New England Classical Journal

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Oral Tradition And Literary Innovation In An Epigraphic Oracle: Claros And Caesarea Trocetta During The Antonine Plague, Ryo Nagao May 2026

Oral Tradition And Literary Innovation In An Epigraphic Oracle: Claros And Caesarea Trocetta During The Antonine Plague, Ryo Nagao

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During the Antonine Plague, the Lydian community of Caesarea Trocetta consulted the oracle of Apollo at Claros and inscribed its response, which was exceptional in form and language. This paper argues that Claros drew on performative literature and oracular traditions to provide an authoritative and innovative response that mediated the distress of the client community. Polymetry, diction, and intertexts with Pausanias and Statius combine to enhance both the aesthetic and religious function of the text. This analysis contributes to the study of epigraphy as literature, the mechanisms of oracular institutions, and civic responses to pandemic.


Review Of Monika Woźniak And Maria Wyke (Eds.). 2025. Audio-Visual Roman Women: Gender, History And Screen Media. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Pp. 353. Hardcover (Isbn 978-1-3504-6183-3). E-Book (Isbn 978-1-3504-6186-4). $120., Briana King May 2026

Review Of Monika Woźniak And Maria Wyke (Eds.). 2025. Audio-Visual Roman Women: Gender, History And Screen Media. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Pp. 353. Hardcover (Isbn 978-1-3504-6183-3). E-Book (Isbn 978-1-3504-6186-4). $120., Briana King

New England Classical Journal

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Table Of Contents - 53.1 May 2026

Table Of Contents - 53.1

New England Classical Journal

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Opening Remarks At The 2026 Cane Annual Meeting May 2026

Opening Remarks At The 2026 Cane Annual Meeting

New England Classical Journal

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The Bloom Of Atē: Women's Lives, Pain, And Metaphor In Sophocles' Trachinian Women, Casey Dué, Mary Ebbott May 2026

The Bloom Of Atē: Women's Lives, Pain, And Metaphor In Sophocles' Trachinian Women, Casey Dué, Mary Ebbott

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This essay explores recurring metaphors for pain in the Trachinian Women and argues that they gain their meaning from the experiences of the women Deianeira and Iole, to later express the physical pain of Herakles, which is further conceptualized as atē. These metaphors employ imagery associated with natural cycles, such as blooming flowers and ocean waves. The metaphorical connections between the women’s emotional pain and Herakles’ physical agony helps us to arrive at a fuller understanding of what is meant when Herakles concludes that he is “like a parthenos” and has been found to be female (1071 and …


Review Of William Aylward, Jacques Des Courtils, Bonna D. Wescoat (Eds.). 2025. Architectural Networks In The North Aegean: Thasos, Samothrace, And The Formation Of Hellenistic Design. Madison, Wi: University Of Wisconsin Press. Pp. Xi, 307. Hardcover. (Isbn 9780299350109) $119.95., Asja Müller May 2026

Review Of William Aylward, Jacques Des Courtils, Bonna D. Wescoat (Eds.). 2025. Architectural Networks In The North Aegean: Thasos, Samothrace, And The Formation Of Hellenistic Design. Madison, Wi: University Of Wisconsin Press. Pp. Xi, 307. Hardcover. (Isbn 9780299350109) $119.95., Asja Müller

New England Classical Journal

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Review Of Paul Roche (Ed.). 2021. Reading Lucan’S Civil War: A Critical Guide. Oklahoma Series In Classical Culture Vol. 62. Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press. Pp. Viii, 338. Paperback. (Isbn 978-0-8061-6939-2). $34.95., Timothy Joseph May 2026

Review Of Paul Roche (Ed.). 2021. Reading Lucan’S Civil War: A Critical Guide. Oklahoma Series In Classical Culture Vol. 62. Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press. Pp. Viii, 338. Paperback. (Isbn 978-0-8061-6939-2). $34.95., Timothy Joseph

New England Classical Journal

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Actaeon And Artemis (Student Writing Contest Winner), Khiara Hill May 2026

Actaeon And Artemis (Student Writing Contest Winner), Khiara Hill

New England Classical Journal

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In Memoriam: Gilbert Lawall Dec 2025

In Memoriam: Gilbert Lawall

New England Classical Journal

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Masthead Dec 2025

Masthead

New England Classical Journal

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Review Of Megan O. Drinkwater. 2022. Ovid's Heroides And The Augustan Principate. Madison: University Of Wisconsin Press. Pp. 192. Paperback. (Isbn 9780299337841) $24.95., Angeline Chiu Dec 2025

Review Of Megan O. Drinkwater. 2022. Ovid's Heroides And The Augustan Principate. Madison: University Of Wisconsin Press. Pp. 192. Paperback. (Isbn 9780299337841) $24.95., Angeline Chiu

New England Classical Journal

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Review Of Jaakkojuhani Peltonen. 2024. Masculine Ideals And Alexander The Great: An Exemplary Man In The Roman And Medieval World. London And New York: Routledge. Pp. 284. Hardback. (Isbn 9781032523767) $190., Carolyn Willekes Dec 2025

Review Of Jaakkojuhani Peltonen. 2024. Masculine Ideals And Alexander The Great: An Exemplary Man In The Roman And Medieval World. London And New York: Routledge. Pp. 284. Hardback. (Isbn 9781032523767) $190., Carolyn Willekes

New England Classical Journal

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Full Issue (52.2, Fall 2025) Dec 2025

Full Issue (52.2, Fall 2025)

New England Classical Journal

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A Letter From Cane President R. Scott Smith Dec 2025

A Letter From Cane President R. Scott Smith

New England Classical Journal

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Table Of Contents Dec 2025

Table Of Contents

New England Classical Journal

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The Rhetoric Of Imperial Felicitas As A Political Tool In Late Antiquity, Martin Shedd Dec 2025

The Rhetoric Of Imperial Felicitas As A Political Tool In Late Antiquity, Martin Shedd

New England Classical Journal

This article surveys the rhetoric of imperial felicitas (good luck) in Latin literature of the fourth and early fifth centuries in response to Erik Wistrand’s monograph Felicitas Imperatoria (1987). By including not only the emperor’s fortunes, but also the fortunes of the political community directly attributed to his presence or actions in its definition, it presents a more complete analysis of relevant political rhetoric. It demonstrates that the tropes of panegyric were manipulated by petitioners to facilitate political action. Finally, it concludes that the author of Historia Augusta intentionally subverts these tropes to envision a different political system for Rome.


Masthead Mar 2025

Masthead

New England Classical Journal

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A Letter From Cane President Thomas J. Howell Mar 2025

A Letter From Cane President Thomas J. Howell

New England Classical Journal

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An Aulete Takes Flight: The Iconography Of Music And Myth In A Myrina-Type Terracotta In The Mead Art Museum, Loren Isotalo Mar 2025

An Aulete Takes Flight: The Iconography Of Music And Myth In A Myrina-Type Terracotta In The Mead Art Museum, Loren Isotalo

New England Classical Journal

A Myrina-type terracotta figurine of a flying aulete held in Amherst College’s Mead Art Museum exemplifies a new body of evidence relevant to the study of ancient Greek music. I propose that this coarse figurine indicates possible musical funerary practices of Myrina and that the aulete may be a depiction of the god Eros. As the aulos inhabits a complex space in Greek social thought, a connection between Eros and the aulos would open up new ways of understanding how the ancient Greeks received and understood Eros as a god through music and sound.


Review Of Jared Hudson. 2021. The Rhetoric Of Roman Transportation. Vehicles In Latin Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp Xvi, 353. Paperback. (Isbn 978-1-108-72323-7) $46.59., Ray Laurence Mar 2025

Review Of Jared Hudson. 2021. The Rhetoric Of Roman Transportation. Vehicles In Latin Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp Xvi, 353. Paperback. (Isbn 978-1-108-72323-7) $46.59., Ray Laurence

New England Classical Journal

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Review Of Julie Stone Peters. 2022. Law As Performance. Theatricality, Spectatorship, And The Making Of Law In Ancient, Medieval, And Early Modern Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. Xv, 350. Hardcover. (Isbn 9780192898494) $130., Donald Lateiner Mar 2025

Review Of Julie Stone Peters. 2022. Law As Performance. Theatricality, Spectatorship, And The Making Of Law In Ancient, Medieval, And Early Modern Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. Xv, 350. Hardcover. (Isbn 9780192898494) $130., Donald Lateiner

New England Classical Journal

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Table Of Contents Mar 2025

Table Of Contents

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The Life Of Terence, Revisited, Hannah Čulík-Baird Mar 2025

The Life Of Terence, Revisited, Hannah Čulík-Baird

New England Classical Journal

Suetonius’ biography of Publius Terentius Afer, i.e., Terence the African (c. 195-159 BCE), identifies the Roman comic poet as a former slave from Carthage, describing him physically as a slim man of medium height and “dark color” (colore fusco). Yet classicists have historically denied Terence’s blackness out of a belief that “humanistic” or linguistic excellence could not be reconciled with blackness and African identity. This article addresses the Eurocentric logic underpinning classical scholars’ treatment of Terence, ultimately affirming both the ancient and modern traditions which make legitimate claims on the black poet as an ancestral figure.


Out With The Old, In With The Young? Youth And Old Age In Vergil’S Eclogues And Georgics, Charissa Skoutelas, Anthony Smith Mar 2025

Out With The Old, In With The Young? Youth And Old Age In Vergil’S Eclogues And Georgics, Charissa Skoutelas, Anthony Smith

New England Classical Journal

Scholars have noted that Silenus’ entrapment by Chromis and Mnasyllos (Eclogues 6) and Aristaeus’ ambush of Proteus (Georgics 4) share distinct elements. Both passages portray youths forcefully binding an old figure with chains to compel a song. In comparing old Silenus and Proteus with the “boys” Chromis and Mnasyllos and “most daring of the youth” Aristaeus respectively, this paper traces such physical compulsion alongside the metaphorical confinement of Tityrus (Eclogues 1) and the Corycian senex (Georgics 4) to argue that Vergil mobilizes the clash of youth and senectitude to comment on the effects of literary tradition …


Basilissa: Exploring Cleopatra Selene’S Complex Identity Through Her Coinage, Btari Laksono Mar 2025

Basilissa: Exploring Cleopatra Selene’S Complex Identity Through Her Coinage, Btari Laksono

New England Classical Journal

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Echoes Of Justice: Parallels Between “Conflict Of The Orders” And Modern Labor Struggles, Darren Lin Mar 2025

Echoes Of Justice: Parallels Between “Conflict Of The Orders” And Modern Labor Struggles, Darren Lin

New England Classical Journal

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Full Issue (52.1, Spring 2025) Mar 2025

Full Issue (52.1, Spring 2025)

New England Classical Journal

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