Classics and Religious Studies, Department of
Date of this Version
August 1972
Abstract
For the topics covered, the book is a useful and thorough reference. The evidence is presented, and where Harrison goes beyond it, there is always fair warning (e.g., “on a priori grounds, one would have expected that,” or “we may suppose ...”). The book is full of discussion of the finer points, and the discussion is honest and undogmatic. Harrison would clearly have been a fine fellow to discuss the Attic orators with: I am sorry I shall not have the chance; I am glad that his colleague preserved this book for all of us.
Comments
Published in American Classical Review, Vol. 2, No. 4 (August 1972), pp. 182–183. Copyright © 1972 by The City University of New York.