Simon Hornblower was most recently a Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford, until his retirement in 2016. Earlier in his career he was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College from 1971 until 1977 before becoming Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History at Oriel College and University CUF Lecturer. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Classics and Professor of Ancient History at UCL, where he remained until 2010 (from 2006 as Grote Professor of Ancient History). He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2004.

Ultimately, I judge this book a welcome addition, not just to the 2015 commentary, but to the thankfully now expanding corpus of Lycophron scholarship.

• Frontmatter Abbreviations Synopsis of the Alexandra Map I: Lykophron's Geopolitical World 1: The Hellenistic Kingdoms; Cities and Federations of Old Greece 1.i: Introduction 1.i.a: Date of the poem 1.ii: The Hellenistic kingdoms 1.ii.a: The tyrants of the Western Mediterranean 1.ii.b: Alexander 1.ii.c: The Antigonids 1.ii.d: The Seleukids 1.ii.e: The Attalids 1.ii.f: The Ptolemies; Lykophron and Egypt 1.iii: The cities and federations (leagues) of Old Greece 1.iii.a: The cities Athens and Attika; the Athenian colonization of Miletos Thebes and Boiotia Sparta and Messenia 1.iii.b: The federations: Boiotian, Aitolian, Lokrian 1.iv: Conclusion 2: Sicily and Magna Graecia (South Italy) 2.i: Sicily 2.ii: Italy 2.ii.a: Epizephyrian Lokroi 2.ii.b: Kaulonia 2.ii.c: Skylletion, Kroton, Petelia, and Temesa (Tempsa) 2.ii.d: Lagaria and Thourioi 2.ii.e: Daunia 3: Rhodes ANNEX: The Lindian 'Chronicle' 4: Campania, Latium, and Rome 4.i: Campania 4.ii: Latium and Rome 4.iii: Where is Dido? ANNEX: The Aineias section II: Cultural and Religious Contexts 5: Sibylline Oracles and Other Apocalyptic Literature 5.i: Introduction 5.ii: The Sibylline Oracles, especially the Third 5.iii: Phlegon of Tralles 5.iv: The Book of Daniel 5.v: The 'Oracle of the Potter' 5.vi: Polybius? 5.vii: Conclusion 6: Culture, Religion, and Myths of Identity in the Alexandra 6.i: Introduction 6.ii: Hektor's bones (again) 6.iii: The Lokrian maidens 6.iv: Cult epithets: Smintheus, Mamertos, Mamersa 6.v: Myths of identity 6.v.a: Rome 6.v.b: Krete and Karia 6.v.c: Cyprus, the two places called Salamis, and Sparta 6.vi: Concluding remarks ANNEX A: Lykophron on Hektor's bones ANNEX B: Lykophron on the Lokrian maidens ANNEX C: The Lokrian maidens inscription: text and translation 7: Conclusion 7.i: A political poem 7.ii: The 190s BC and Hannibal's legacy 7.iii: The intended audience or readership of the Alexandra Endmatter Bibliography General index Index locorum

Simon Hornblower was most recently a Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford, until his retirement in 2016. Earlier in his career he was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College from 1971 until 1977 before becoming Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History at Oriel College and University CUF Lecturer. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Classics and Professor of Ancient History at UCL, where he remained until 2010 (from 2006 as Grote Professor of Ancient History). He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2004.

Ultimately, I judge this book a welcome addition, not just to the 2015 commentary, but to the thankfully now expanding corpus of Lycophron scholarship.

• Frontmatter Abbreviations Synopsis of the Alexandra Map I: Lykophron's Geopolitical World 1: The Hellenistic Kingdoms; Cities and Federations of Old Greece 1.i: Introduction 1.i.a: Date of the poem 1.ii: The Hellenistic kingdoms 1.ii.a: The tyrants of the Western Mediterranean 1.ii.b: Alexander 1.ii.c: The Antigonids 1.ii.d: The Seleukids 1.ii.e: The Attalids 1.ii.f: The Ptolemies; Lykophron and Egypt 1.iii: The cities and federations (leagues) of Old Greece 1.iii.a: The cities Athens and Attika; the Athenian colonization of Miletos Thebes and Boiotia Sparta and Messenia 1.iii.b: The federations: Boiotian, Aitolian, Lokrian 1.iv: Conclusion 2: Sicily and Magna Graecia (South Italy) 2.i: Sicily 2.ii: Italy 2.ii.a: Epizephyrian Lokroi 2.ii.b: Kaulonia 2.ii.c: Skylletion, Kroton, Petelia, and Temesa (Tempsa) 2.ii.d: Lagaria and Thourioi 2.ii.e: Daunia 3: Rhodes ANNEX: The Lindian 'Chronicle' 4: Campania, Latium, and Rome 4.i: Campania 4.ii: Latium and Rome 4.iii: Where is Dido? ANNEX: The Aineias section II: Cultural and Religious Contexts 5: Sibylline Oracles and Other Apocalyptic Literature 5.i: Introduction 5.ii: The Sibylline Oracles, especially the Third 5.iii: Phlegon of Tralles 5.iv: The Book of Daniel 5.v: The 'Oracle of the Potter' 5.vi: Polybius? 5.vii: Conclusion 6: Culture, Religion, and Myths of Identity in the Alexandra 6.i: Introduction 6.ii: Hektor's bones (again) 6.iii: The Lokrian maidens 6.iv: Cult epithets: Smintheus, Mamertos, Mamersa 6.v: Myths of identity 6.v.a: Rome 6.v.b: Krete and Karia 6.v.c: Cyprus, the two places called Salamis, and Sparta 6.vi: Concluding remarks ANNEX A: Lykophron on Hektor's bones ANNEX B: Lykophron on the Lokrian maidens ANNEX C: The Lokrian maidens inscription: text and translation 7: Conclusion 7.i: A political poem 7.ii: The 190s BC and Hannibal's legacy 7.iii: The intended audience or readership of the Alexandra Endmatter Bibliography General index Index locorum

Simon Hornblower was most recently a Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford, until his retirement in 2016. Earlier in his career he was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College from 1971 until 1977 before becoming Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History at Oriel College and University CUF Lecturer. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Classics and Professor of Ancient History at UCL, where he remained until 2010 (from 2006 as Grote Professor of Ancient History). He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2004.

Ultimately, I judge this book a welcome addition, not just to the 2015 commentary, but to the thankfully now expanding corpus of Lycophron scholarship.

• Frontmatter Abbreviations Synopsis of the Alexandra Map I: Lykophron's Geopolitical World 1: The Hellenistic Kingdoms; Cities and Federations of Old Greece 1.i: Introduction 1.i.a: Date of the poem 1.ii: The Hellenistic kingdoms 1.ii.a: The tyrants of the Western Mediterranean 1.ii.b: Alexander 1.ii.c: The Antigonids 1.ii.d: The Seleukids 1.ii.e: The Attalids 1.ii.f: The Ptolemies; Lykophron and Egypt 1.iii: The cities and federations (leagues) of Old Greece 1.iii.a: The cities Athens and Attika; the Athenian colonization of Miletos Thebes and Boiotia Sparta and Messenia 1.iii.b: The federations: Boiotian, Aitolian, Lokrian 1.iv: Conclusion 2: Sicily and Magna Graecia (South Italy) 2.i: Sicily 2.ii: Italy 2.ii.a: Epizephyrian Lokroi 2.ii.b: Kaulonia 2.ii.c: Skylletion, Kroton, Petelia, and Temesa (Tempsa) 2.ii.d: Lagaria and Thourioi 2.ii.e: Daunia 3: Rhodes ANNEX: The Lindian 'Chronicle' 4: Campania, Latium, and Rome 4.i: Campania 4.ii: Latium and Rome 4.iii: Where is Dido? ANNEX: The Aineias section II: Cultural and Religious Contexts 5: Sibylline Oracles and Other Apocalyptic Literature 5.i: Introduction 5.ii: The Sibylline Oracles, especially the Third 5.iii: Phlegon of Tralles 5.iv: The Book of Daniel 5.v: The 'Oracle of the Potter' 5.vi: Polybius? 5.vii: Conclusion 6: Culture, Religion, and Myths of Identity in the Alexandra 6.i: Introduction 6.ii: Hektor's bones (again) 6.iii: The Lokrian maidens 6.iv: Cult epithets: Smintheus, Mamertos, Mamersa 6.v: Myths of identity 6.v.a: Rome 6.v.b: Krete and Karia 6.v.c: Cyprus, the two places called Salamis, and Sparta 6.vi: Concluding remarks ANNEX A: Lykophron on Hektor's bones ANNEX B: Lykophron on the Lokrian maidens ANNEX C: The Lokrian maidens inscription: text and translation 7: Conclusion 7.i: A political poem 7.ii: The 190s BC and Hannibal's legacy 7.iii: The intended audience or readership of the Alexandra Endmatter Bibliography General index Index locorum