OUSEION - Memorial University's Digital Archives Initiative ...

224 BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES ENDUS
A so-called Index Verborum is not what we conventionally understand
by that term. but rather a listing of some. but not all. Greek words
and phrases discussed in the commentary. most but not all of which occur
in the text of Konon. Despite uncertain criteria of selection it is
much superior to both the Index Locorum and the General Index. The
former makes no attempt to list any of the cited inscriptions in Greek.
including linear B. and in Near Eastern languages. A random two-way
check reveals a very high rate of inaccuracy. Four notes (on 14.2-3.25.1,
34.7-9 and 46.7-9) cite a total of 54 Greek or Latin passages. of which
only 14 appear in the Index Locorum. For four authors (Ephoros.
Sophocles. Thucydides. Virgil) 8 out of 48 citations in the index are erroneous.
The General Index suffers from arbitrariness and/or inadvertence.
Why is one character indexed while another from the same sentence
is not (e.g. Agamemnon but not lphigeneia at Z6.13-15)? Why
index Dionysos Melanaigis. who is expunged from the text. but not Dionysos
Melanthides. who is retained? An entire paragraph on 26.13-15
escapes both general index and Index Locorum. Further examples
would be tedious. The bibliography. much less error-ridden. is limited
to monographs except for a couple of anomalous entries from serials.
Much labour has gone into this instant landmark in Kononic studies
which. despite the vitiating elements on which this review concentrates.
will have its value as a resource and stimulus. Although Brown makes
the customary claim to responsibility for all errors. there are other parties
with some responsibility to the scholarly consumer of this expensive
book. The title-page lists a roster of eminent editors for Saur's Beitrage
zur Altertumskunde. Do they actually edit? Publication was
financially abetted by the Fonds fur Altertumswissenschaft. Zurich.
What scholarly standards guide its beneficence?
RORYB. EGAN
DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
WINN1PEG. MB R3T 2M8
SUSAN TREGGIARI. Roman Social History. Classical Foundations.
London/New York: Routledge. 2002. Pp. 170. $23.95
(pb). ISBN 0-415-19521-7 (hb); 0-415-19522 (pb).
Voici un petit livre qui devrait figurer dans tous les plans de cours en
histoire romaine au niveau du Ie" cycle universitaire. Parseme de
conseils pratiques sur la methode 11 employer. les etapes 11 suivre et les