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ISSN 1018-9017 SCHOLIA Studies in Classical Antiquity NS Vol. 13 I 2004 New Zealand I South Africa ISSN 1018-9017 SCHOLIA Studies in Classical Antiquity Editor: W. J. Dominik NS Vol. 13 I 2004 New Zealand I South Africa SCHOLIA Studies in Classical Antiquity ISSN 1018-9017 Scholia features critical and pedagogical articles and reviews on a diverse range of subjects dealing with classical antiquity, including late antique, medieval, Renaissance and early modem studies related to the classical tradition; in addition, there are articles on classical artefacts in museums in New Zealand and the J. A. Barsby Essay. Manuscripts: Potential contributors should read the 'Notes for Contributors' located at the back of this volume and follow the suggested guidelines for the submission of manuscripts. Articles on the classical tradition are particularly welcome. Submissions are usually reviewed by two referees. Time before publication decision: 2-3 months. 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Dominik, Editor and Manager, Scholia, Department of Classics, University ofOtago, P. 0. Box 56, Dunedin 9015, New Zealand. Telephone: +64 (0)3 479 8710; facsimile: +64 (0)3 479 9029; e-mail: [email protected]. Reviews Address: Reviews articles and reviews: J. L. Hilton, Reviews Editor, Scholia, Programme in Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa. Telephone: +27 (0)31 260 2312; facsimile: +27 (0)31 260 2698; e-mail: [email protected]. New Series: Scholia is indexed and abstracted in L 'Annee Philologique, indexed in Gnomon and TOCS-IN, and listed in Ulrich 's International Periodicals Directory. Scholia is listed in the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training Register of Refereed Journals and is recognised by the South African Department of Education for research output subsidy. The contents of Scholia and information about the journal are available on the world wide web at http://www.otago.ac.nz/classics/scholia. Photocopies of articles and other sections of Scholia are available from the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC no. 8092.54348). Scholia Reviews, an electronic journal that features the pre-publication versions of reviews that appear in Scholia, is available on the world wide web at http://www.classics. und.ac.za!reviews. Publication and Distribution: Scholia and Scholia Reviews have published or undertaken to publish over 500 contributions by over 250 scholars and academics at over 150 universities in 29 countries. Scholia has been distributed to institutions and scholars in 41 countries. Cover Illustration: Drawing by E. A. Mackay (University of Auckland) based on an Attic black-figure fragment (inv. L.1989.K) in the Museum of Classical Archaeology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (on permanent loan from A. Gosling). Typesetting: W. J. Dominik, C. Harper, P.A. Roche Printing: Otago University Print Copyright: Otago/KwaZulu-Natal Classics 2005 SCHOLIA Studies in Classical Antiquity ISSN 1018-9017 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE (2003-04) W. J. Dominik (Otago) Editor and Manager J. L. Hilton (UKZN) Reviews Editor P.A. Roche (Otago), T. Lockyer (UKZN) Assistant Editors P.A. Hannah (Otago) In the Museum Editor J. C. R. Hall (Otago) J. A. Barsby Essay Editor C. Harper (Otago) Editorial Assistant I Assistant Business Manager B. Knowles (Otago), A. J. Ryan (UKZN) Web Site Managers EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD (2003-04) A. L. Allan University of Otago, New Zealand J. E. Atkinson University of Cape Town, South Africa J. A. Barsby University ofOtago, New Zealand A. F. Basson Brock University, Canada D. J. Blyth University of Auckland, New Zealand R. P. Bond University of Canterbury, New Zealand G. Calboli University ofBologna, Italy P. G. Christians en Texas Tech University, USA J. M. Claassen University of Stellenbosch, South Africa J. Davidson Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand P. J. Davis University of Tasmania, Australia J. S. Dietrich University of Tasmania, Australia S. A. Frangoulidis University of Crete, Greece P. A. Gallivan University of Tasmania, Australia J. Garthwaite University ofOtago, New Zealand A. Gosling University ofKwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa R. N. A. Hankey University of Otago, New Zealand R. Hannah University of Otago, New Zealand J. G. W. Henderson University of Cambridge, United Kingdom W. J. Henderson Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa V. E. Izzet University of Cambridge, United Kingdom S. B. Jackson University ofKwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa D. Konstan Brown University, USA B. P. P. Kytzler University ofKwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa E. A. Mackay University of Auckland, New Zealand C. W. Marshall University of British Columbia, Canada L. C. Montefusco University ofBologna, Italy S. T. Newmyer Duquesne University, USA A. J. Pomeroy Victoria University ofWellington, New Zealand M. V. Ronnick Wayne State University, USA L. A. Sussman University ofFlorida, USA P. M. W. Tennant University ofKwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa S. Thorn University of Stellenbosch, South Africa R. A. Whitaker University of Cape Town, South Africa P. V. Wheatley University ofOtago, New Zealand F. J. Williams Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom M. J. Wilson University of Auckland, New Zealand I. W orthington University of Missouri, Columbia, USA A. V. Zadorojnyi University of Liverpool, United Kingdom SCHOLIA Studies in Classical Antiquity NS Vol. 13 2004 ISSN 1018-9017 CONTENTS Editorial Note 1 ARTICLES 'The Birth of the Reader': Plutarch as a Literary Critic 3 David Konstan De Integro Condere: Rediscovering Numa in Livy's Rome 28 John L. Penwill 'Either with Us or Against Us': The Parthians in Augustan Ideology 56 Carol U Merriam Mutatis Mutandis: The Poetry and Poetics of Isolation in Ovid and Breytenbach 71 Jo-Marie Claassen The Eunuchs of Early Byzantium 108 Louise Cilliers and Fran9ois P. Retief REVIEW ARTICLES Varieties of Narrative in Antiquity 118 Stelios Panayotakis, Maaike Zimmerman and Wytse Keulen ( edd. ), The Ancient Novel and Beyond (John Hilton) On the Divinity of the Roman Emperor Once More 125 Ittai Gradel, Emperor Worship and Roman Religion (David Wardle) V Vl Scholia ns Vol. 13 (2004) v-vi ISSN 1018-9017 Reappraising the Roman House 133 Simon P. Ellis, Roman Housing (Alison B. Griffith) Reviews 140 Books Received 164 In the Museum 169 J. A. Bars by Essay 175 Exchanges with Scholia 183 Notes for Contributors 184 Forthcoming in Scholia 14 (2005) 187 Subscription Form 188 EDITORIAL NOTE Scholia 13 (2004) features three long articles on Plutarch, Livy and Ovid 1 along with a couple of shorter contributions. Although the editor prefers to publish shorter articles, as suggested by the usual word length in the 'Notes to Contributors', 2 he will publish longer articles when they are of considerable merit. Scholia accepts submissions from scholars in all areas of classical studies, including the classical tradition. The editor continues to offer contributors competent and prompt refereeing by leading scholars internationally (for articles), immediate responses to the receipt of contributions, a short time between submission and acceptance (2-3 months), regular communication at all intervals of the refereeing and editorial process, and free offprints of articles. While the Editorial Committee undertakes to publish submissions accepted as soon as possible, it reserves the right to hold over any contribution to the next volume. This means that a small number of articles will be published one year later than the reserve dates indicated in the formal letters of acceptance. Although Scholia was conceived as a print journal and plans to continue publishing in this format, the editor believes that a strong web presence is important for its profile and to ensure maximum exposure of its contents. Accordingly it lays great stress on this aspect of publication, as can seen not only from its professional web site at http://www.otago.ac.nz/classics/scholia but also numerous links to its web pages on other websites of classical organisations and scholarly journals. The Scholia website has a link to the electronic journal Scholia Reviews hosted on the University of KwaZulu-Natal web site at http//www.classics.und.ac.za/reviews. Scholia Reviews was only the second web journal of reviews launched within the international classical community and it continues to assume an important electronic role in the discipline. John Hilton, the Scholia Reviews editor, selects a number of reviews for print publication in each volume of Scholia. Two important sections of Scholia that serve the New Zealand university community are In the Museum and J. A. Barsby Essay. In the Museum contains news about classical museums in New Zealand and articles on classical artefacts in these collections. This volume contains a report on the Classics Museum at Victoria University of Wellington and information about four additions to the Museum's collection.3 Museum curators are invited to send news about their collections to the In the Museum editor by 1 October. 1 D. Konstan, '"The Birth of the Reader": Plutarch as a Literary Critic', pp. 3-27; J. L. Penwill, 'De Integro Condere: Rediscovering Numa in Livy's Rome', pp. 28-55; J.-M.