Another review of Star, Apocalypse and golden age

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Apocalypse and golden age: the end of the world in Greek and Roman thought.

Christopher Star, Apocalypse and golden age: the end of the world in Greek and Roman thought. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. Pp. 320. ISBN 9781421441634 $54.95.

Review by
Joseph Gerbasi, University of Toronto. joseph.gerbasi@utoronto.ca

... The aim of Christopher Star’s book is to show that there is an “underappreciated tradition” of apocalyptic thought among the pagans of Greco-Roman antiquity too (p. 5). The book’s ambition, being both interdisciplinary and indeed timely, is exciting and worthwhile. However, I do not think the book accomplishes all that it sets out to do. ...

I noted another review of the book here.

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