Rhea Classical Reviews

Global Classics Jacques A. Bromberg, Global Classics (New York: Routledge, 2021). ISBN 9780367549268. Reviewed by Goran Đurđević, University of Zadar, Croatia. goran.djurdjevich@gmail.com. In Global Classics, Jacq…

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Goran Đurđević reviews "Global Classics" by Jacques Bromberg (Routledge 2021)

Thanks for the shout out, Hannah!

Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory De Marre, Martine and Rajiv K. Bhola, eds., Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory, (New York: Routledge, 2022). 9780367371449. Reviewed by Stephanie Murphy, University of North Texas, Stephaniemurphy3…

First and Last review of November (we're off for Thanksgiving in two weeks), but it's a great one with a fantastic dialogue!

Stephanie Murphy reviews "Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory" ed. Martine de Marre and Rajiv K. Bhola (Routledge 2022).

Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory. An Encyclopaedic Workshop Anna Anguissola, Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory. An Encyclopaedic Workshop. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. ISBN 9781032056227. Reviewed by Jazz Demetrioff, University at Buffalo (S…

Last review of October (shouldn't be too spooky for you)!

@medicamentislibris.bsky.social review's "Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory. An Encyclopaedic Workshop" by Anna Anguissola (Routledge 2023)

My review of a collection of articles among which @christophersmith.bsky.social, @lbciddio.bsky.social, @sethbernard.bsky.social, @hilarybeckertxny.bsky.social and others. #Archaeology #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋

Production, Trade, and Connectivity in Pre-Roman Italy Jeremy Armstrong and Sheira Cohen, eds., Production, Trade, and Connectivity in Pre-Roman Italy (London and New York: Routledge, 2022). 9780367631727.  Reviewed by Ulla Rajala, Stockholm Unive…

Wake up and smell that new book review, peeps!

@ullamr.bsky.social reviews "Production, Trade, and Connectivity in Pre-Roman Italy" ed. Jeremy Armstrong and Sheira Cohen ( Routledge 2022)

Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworker Donato Verardi, ed., Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworkers (London, New York, and Dublin: Bloomsbury, 2023). 9781350121092. Reviewed by Ad…

Our latest book review!

Adrien Mangili reviews Donato Verardi (ed.), "Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworker" (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2023).

Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworker Donato Verardi, ed., Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworkers (London, New York, and Dublin: Bloomsbury, 2023). 9781350121092. Reviewed by Ad…

Our latest book review!

Adrien Mangili reviews Donato Verardi (ed.), "Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworker" (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2023).

My old teacher Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod wrote a good review!

Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate. Andrew Fox, Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate (London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). 9781350237803. Reviewed by Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod, S…

New book review on Rhea!

Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod reviews Andrew Fox, "Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate" ( @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 2023). 🌳🌲🌴

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!

Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis: Beyond Light and Darkness Mattias Brand, Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis: Beyond Light and Darkness, Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 102 (Leiden: Brill, 2019). ISBN 9789004510296. Reviewed by…

Rhea is back with a new book review!

@eancients.bsky.social reviews @mbinzurich.bsky.social, "Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis: Beyond Light and Darkness" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2019).

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!

Guys, I am SO EXCITED about Rhea's new venture Rhea Receptions!!! Want to write about Percy Jackson? Newspaper articles about discoveries at Pompeii? A cool new museum exhibit or video game? Get in contact with us and let's chat - reviews, essays, creativity encouraged!

This looks exciting!

Anyone interested in participating in Rhea Receptions or have any questions or comments, please contact us at rheaclassicalreviews at gmail dot com.

Please note that Rhea cannot furnish materials for any potential writers that fall outside of the literary scope (ie. museum exhibition tickets, film downloads, etc.). Rhea Receptions’ first series is scheduled to be published summer of 2026 in conjunction with the release of the Nolan film.

Reviewers are encouraged to consult Rhea’s guidelines, but creative essays, non-formal engagement, and multi-media reviews are encouraged and welcome in conjunction with the wider, non-specialized audience.

The theme for the inaugural installment of our Rhea Receptions series is “Gods & Heroes” & in keeping with the polytropic nature of our hero we'd like to solicit reviews of & essays on fictional literature, film, podcasts, blogs, video games, museum exhibits & any other medium related to this theme.

The goal of Rhea Receptions is to bring the ancient world to a broader audience by engaging with public-facing, non-specialist depictions of the ancient Mediterranean world in popular, modern media writ large.

In conjunction w/ the release of Nolan’s film in summer 2026, Rhea is piloting a new forum, Rhea Receptions: a thematic series comprised of reviews, essays & other engagements loosely dedicated to the reception of the ancient world & not restricted to academic, peer-reviewed publications.

Her recent article discusses a revived interest in the Homeric epic as observed through updated translations and not one by two film adaptations: Uberto Pasolini’s The Return (2025) and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (summer 2026).

Rhea Receptions

Announcing our new forum, RHEA RECEPTIONS!

“We live in an Odyssey time.” —Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, 12 April 2025

Rhea Classical Reviews could not agree more with Ms. Higgins.

Just wanted to say that @rheaclassical.bsky.social is a peer-review platform exclusively dedicated to reviews of and by alt-ac, pre-tenure, non-tenure, contingent, grad students, and folks outside of academia if anyone is interested in reviewing for us!

This week’s reading just arrived! So excited to crack into this timely new work from @platanoclassics.bsky.social

Ciris: A Poem from the Appendix Vergiliana Kayachev, Boris. Ciris: A Poem from the Appendix Vergiliana. Introduction, Text, Apparatus Criticus, Translation and Commentary. Swansea, UK: Classical Press of Waales, 2020. ISBN 978-1-910589-81-6…

Our final review of the summer on Rhea. Back in September!

Thomas R. Keith reviews Boris Kayachev, "Ciris: A Poem from the Appendix Vergiliana" (Classical Press of Wales 2020).

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!

Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments Luis Alejandro Salas, Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments (Leiden: Brill, 2020). 9789004439184. Reviewed by Matthew J. Chalmers, Independent Scholar, mattjcha…

Our latest book review on Rhea!

Matthew J. Chalmers reviews Luis Alejandro Salas, "Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2020).

Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments Luis Alejandro Salas, Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments (Leiden: Brill, 2020). 9789004439184. Reviewed by Matthew J. Chalmers, Independent Scholar, mattjcha…

Our latest book review on Rhea!

Matthew J. Chalmers reviews Luis Alejandro Salas, "Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2020).

A white hand holding a book in front of a blue and pink floral background. The boom is black with an orange classical image on the front of the creation of Pandora. In white writing is the title “artificial intelligence in Greek and Roman epic” edited by Andriana Domouzi & Silvio Bär

Great post day! Can’t wait to review this for @rheaclassical.bsky.social 📚💙 #classicssky

From Photography to 3D Models and Beyond: Visualizations in Archaeology Donald H. Sanders, From Photography to 3D Models and Beyond: Visualizations in Archaeology (Oxford: Archeopress, 2023). 9781803276182. Reviewed by David M. Wheeler, University of California, Berkel…

It's new book review day on Rhea!

David M. Wheeler reviews Donald H. Sanders, "From Photography to 3D Models and Beyond: Visualizations in Archaeology" (@archaeopress.bsky.social 2023).

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue at the end of the review!

Hi Henry! As a general rule, yes, though we have made some limited exceptions. Could you expand upon your own situation and interest? Thank you!

Want a summer project and see a book you like on our book list??? Come write for Rhea! Even if it's your first book review and/or you're a grad student, don't be shy! We have mentorship for grad students!