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  1. R. FLETCHER, APULEIUS’ PLATONISM: THE IMPERSONATION OF PHILOSOPHY. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xi + 319.isbn 9781107025479. £65.00/US$99.00.

    Article • The Journal of Roman Studies, June 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  2. Peitho

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  3. Titan

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  4. Amazons

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  5. Phaea

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  6. Typhōn

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  7. Prometheus

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  8. Mormo

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  9. Leda

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  10. Alcestis

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  11. Seven against Thebes

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  12. Marsyas (1), satyr

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  13. Hypsipyle (2), mythical nurse of Opheltes

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  14. Hypsipyle (1), mythical queen of Lemnos

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  15. Phoenix (1– 2), figures of Greek mythology

    Article • March 2016

    Professor Ken Dowden

  16. Io

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  17. Glauke

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  18. Iapetus

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  19. Ormenus

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  20. Argus

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  21. Demodocus

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  22. Boeo

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  23. Aloadae

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  24. Gello

    Article • December 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ken Dowden

  25. Deucalion

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  26. Alexander (8), of Pleuron, 'the Aetolian'

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  27. Asclepiades (1), of Tragilus, Greek author of the Tragodumena, 4th cent. bce

    Article • December 2015

    Professor Ken Dowden

  28. (W.) Burkert La Religion grecque à l'époque archaïque et classique. Traduction et mise à jour bibliographique par Pierre Bonnechere. (Antiquité/Synthèses 13.) Pp. 477. Paris: Picard, 2011. Paper, €61. ISBN: 978-2-7084-0906-4.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  29. European Paganism

    Article • May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ken Dowden

  30. Geography and Direction in Metamorphoses 11

    Article • January 2012, Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  31. The Myth that Saves: Mysteries and Mysteriosophies

    Article • April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ken Dowden

  32. Initiation: The Key to Myth?

    Article • April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ken Dowden

  33. Thinking through Myth, Thinking Myth Through

    Article • April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ken Dowden

  34. A Companion to Greek Mythology

    Article • April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ken Dowden

  35. Telling the Mythology: From Hesiod to the Fifth Century

    Article • April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ken Dowden

  36. Van Gennep et l'initiation dans la mythologie grecque : mort prématurée d'un paradigme ?

    Article • Gaia revue interdisciplinaire sur la Grèce Archaïque, January 2011, PERSEE Program

    Professor Ken Dowden

  37. Repopulating Heroic Greece

    Article • International Journal of the Classical Tradition, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ken Dowden

  38. Rationales For The Adoption Of Christianity

    Article • January 2010, Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  39. Rhetoric and Religion

    Article • November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Ken Dowden

  40. (D.B.) Dodd, (C.A.) Faraone (edd.) Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives. New Critical Perspectives. Pp. xx + 294, ills, map. London and New York: Routledge, 2003. Cased, £65, US$120. ISBN: 978-0-415-28920-7.

    Article • The Classical Review, February 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  41. Olympian Gods, Olympian Pantheon

    Article • January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Ken Dowden

  42. THE LANGUAGE OF THE LATIN NOVEL

    Article • The Classical Review, March 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  43. West on the East: Martin West's East Face of Helicon and its forerunners

    Article • The Journal of Hellenic Studies, November 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  44. L. Brisson: Introduction à la philosophie du mythe, I: Sauver les mythes (Essais d’art et de philosophie). Pp. 243. Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1996. Paper, frs. 125. ISBN: 2-7116-127-6.

    Article • The Classical Review, October 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  45. T. Condos: Star Myths of the Greeks and Romans: a Sourcebook containing the Constellations of Pseudo-Eratosthenes and the Poetic Astronomy of Hyginus. Pp. 287. Grand Rapids: Phanes Press, 1997. Paper, $18.95. ISBN: 1-890482-93-5.

    Article • The Classical Review, October 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  46. Homer's sense of text: Homeric ‘Text’, Cyclic ‘Text’

    Article • The Journal of Hellenic Studies, November 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  47. Heliodoros: serious intentions

    Article • The Classical Quarterly, May 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  48. R. W. Daniel, F. Maltomini (edd.): Supplementum Magicum. Vol. I. Abhandlungen der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. (Sonderreihe, Papyrologica Coloniensia, XVI.1.) Pp. xxvi+213; 8 plates. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990. P...

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  49. Review. Human sacrifice. Le sacrifice humain en Grece ancienne. P Bonnechere

    Article • The Classical Review, February 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ken Dowden

  50. The Uses of Greek Mythology

    Article • The Classical World, January 1995, JSTOR

    Professor Ken Dowden

  51. Tripartition Dissected - Wouter W. Belier: Decayed Gods: Origin and Development of Georges Dumézil's ‘Idéologie Tripartie’.(Studies in Greek and Roman Religion, 7.) Pp. xv + 254. Leiden, New York, Copenhagen and Cologne: Brill, 1991. fl. 120.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1993, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  52. The Uses of Greek Mythology

    Article • January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ken Dowden

  53. Judith K. Krabbe: The Metamorphoses of Apuleius. (American University Studies, Series XVII, Classical Languages and Literature, 9.) Pp. xi + 219; frontispiece. New York, Bern, Frankfurt am Main, Paris: Peter Lang, 1989. $37.

    Article • The Classical Review, October 1991, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  54. Britt-Mari Näsström: The Abhorrence of Love: Studies in Rituals and Mystic Aspects in Catullus' Poem of Attis. (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala Women's Studies, A. Women in Religion, 3.) Pp.98. Uppsala: University of Uppsala, 1989 (distributed ...

    Article • The Classical Review, October 1991, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  55. Comparative Mythology - Jaan Puhvel: Comparative Mythology. Pp. x + 302; 17 black and white figures. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Paper, £9.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1991, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  56. Sabazios - E. N. Lane: Corpus Cultus Iovis Sabazii (CCIS), III: Conclusions. (Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientates dans l'Empire Romain, 100.3.) Pp. ix + 68; 2 plates. Leiden, New York, Copenhagen and Cologne: Brill, 1989. Paper, fl. 60.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1991, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  57. Myth : Brauron & beyond

    Article • Dialogues d histoire ancienne, January 1990, PERSEE Program

    Professor Ken Dowden

  58. G. Sfameni Gasparro Misteri e culti mistici di Demetra. (Storia delle Religioni, 3.) Rome: ‘L' Erma’ di Bretschneider, 1986. Pp. 371. L 200.000.

    Article • The Journal of Hellenic Studies, November 1989, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  59. The Novel in Antiquity - Niklas Holzberg: Der antike Roman; eine Einführung. (Artemis Einführungen, 25.) Pp. 135. Munich and Zurich: Artemis, 1986. Paper, Sw. frs. 19.80.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1988, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  60. Trois Univers Imaginaires - Joël Thomas: Le Dépassement du quotidien dans l'Énéide, lesMétamorphosesd'Apulée et leSatiricon. Essai sur trois univers imaginaires. Pp. 210. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1986. Paper, frs. 135.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1988, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  61. Apuleius Revalued - John J. Winkler: Auctor & Actor: a Narratological Reading of Apuleius's The Golden Ass. Pp. xiii + 340. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1985. £31.95.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1987, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  62. Pack Carnes: Fable Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. (Garland Folklore Bibliographies, ed. A. Dundes.) Pp. xvi + 382. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1985. $65.

    Article • The Classical Review, October 1986, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  63. Ancient Fiction - Graham Anderson: Ancient Fiction. The Novel in the Graeco-Roman World. Pp. vii + 248. London, Sydney: Croom Helm, 1984. £18.95.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1986, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  64. R. L. Hunter: A Study of Daphnis & Chloe. (Cambridge Classical Studies.) Pp. ix + 136. Cambridge University Press, 1983. £17.50.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1985, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  65. Ass-Men and Witches - Alex Scobie: Apuleius and Folklore: Toward a History of ML 3045, AaTh 567, 449A. (Mistletoe Series). Pp. viii + 345. London: The Folklore Society (c/o University College), 1983. Paper, £6.50.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1985, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  66. Heliodorus - Gerald N. Sandy: Heliodorus. (Twayne's World Authors Series, 647.) Pp. xi+148; frontispiece. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982. $15.95.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1984, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  67. The Novel in Antiquity. By Tomas Hägg. Blackwell, Oxford, 1983. Pp. xii + 264, with 79 illustrations. £15.00 net.

    Article • Greece and Rome, April 1984, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  68. Boethius: His Life, Thought and Influence. Edited by Margaret Gibson. Blackwell, Oxford, 1981. Pp. xxv + 451, with frontispiece and 16 illustrations. £25.00 net. - Boethius and the Liberal Arts. A Collection of Essays. Utah Studies in Literature and Li...

    Article • Greece and Rome, April 1983, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  69. Apuleius and the Art of Narration

    Article • The Classical Quarterly, December 1982, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  70. R. G. A. Van Lieshout: Greeks on Dreams. Pp. viii + 280. Utrecht: H. & S. Publishers, 1980. Paper, fl. 70.

    Article • The Classical Review, October 1982, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  71. Eleven Notes on the Text of Apuleius' Metamorphoses

    Article • The Classical Quarterly, May 1980, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  72. John Van Sickle: The Design of Virgil's Bucolics. Pp. 258. Rome: Edizioni dell'Ateneo e Bizzarri, 1978. L. 12,500 (paper, L. 10,000).

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1980, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  73. Fritz Erik Hoevels: Märcben und Magie in den Metamorphosen des Apuleius von Madaura. Pp. viii + 310 + ii + xviii. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1979. Paper, fl. 65.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1980, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  74. Essays on the Golden Ass - B.L. HijmansJr., R.T. van der Paardt (edd.): Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass. Pp. x + 276. Groningen: Bouma's Boekhuis, 1978. fl. 70.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1980, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  75. Grades in the Eleusinian Mysteries

    Article • Revue de l histoire des religions, January 1980, PERSEE Program

    Professor Ken Dowden

  76. Deux notes sur les Scythes et les Arimaspes

    Article • Revue des Études Grecques, January 1980, PERSEE Program

    Professor Ken Dowden

  77. Hansjörg Wölke: Untersuchuttgen zur Batrachomyomachie.(Beiträge zur Klassischen Philologie, 100.) Pp. xvi + 276. Meisenheim am Glan: Anton Hain, 1978. Paper, DM. 48.

    Article • The Classical Review, January 1980, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  78. Detlev Fehling: Amor und Psyche: Die Schöpfung des Apuleius und ihre Einwirkung auf das Märchen, eine Kritik der romantischen Märchentheorie. (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse:...

    Article • The Classical Review, October 1979, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  79. Noctes Statianae

    Article • The Classical Quarterly, May 1979, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  80. Giuseppe Augello: Studi Apuleiani: Problemi di testo e loci vexati delle Metamorfosi. Pp. 259. Palermo: Palumbo, 1977. Paper, L. 6,500.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1979, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  81. Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius - B. L. HijmansJR., R. T. Van Der Paardt, E. R. Smits, R. E. H. Westendorp Boerma, A. G. Westerbrink. Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius: Apuleius Madaurensis: Metamorphoses: Book IV 1–27: Text, Introduction, and Comm...

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1979, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  82. Apollon et l'esprit dans la Machine

    Article • Revue des Études Grecques, January 1979, PERSEE Program

    Professor Ken Dowden

  83. Apuleius, Metamorphoses XI - J. Gwyn Griffiths: Apuleius of Madauros: The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain, 39.) Pp. xviii + 440; 1 frontispiece. Leiden: Brill, 1975. Cloth, f...

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1978, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  84. Carl C. Schlam: Cupid and Psyche: Apuleius and the Monuments. Pp. vi + 61; 16 black-and-white plates. University Park, Pa.: The American Philological Association, 1976. Paper, $3.50.

    Article • The Classical Review, April 1978, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  85. The epic tradition in Greece

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ken Dowden

  86. Poseidonios, On Perseus of Macedon

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  87. Poseidonios

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  88. Diktys of Crete

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  89. Aristeas

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  90. Abaris

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  91. Dionysophanes

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  92. Dositheos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  93. Dositheos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  94. Kreophylos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  95. Eualkes

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  96. Abas

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  97. Plesimachos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  98. Tellis

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  99. Theodoros of Samothrace

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  100. Mnesimachos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  101. Timonax

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  102. Ktesippos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  103. Xenophon of Ephesos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  104. Chersiphron and Metagenes

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  105. Aristonikos of Alexandria

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  106. Aristonikos of Tarentum

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  107. Botryas of Myndos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  108. Demetrios of Ilion

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  109. Nikias of Mallos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  110. Agathon of Samos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  111. Appendix on Skythia

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  112. Anonymous, (Οἱ συντεταχότες τὰ τρωικά)

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  113. Simonides of Karystos or Eretria

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden

  114. Antipater of Akanthos

    Article • Brill

    Professor Ken Dowden