ASPECTS OF LOVE IN ARCHAIC GREEK LITERATURE: Eros e genere in Grecia arcaica. ( Eikasmos. Studi 28.) Pp. x + 228, map. Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 2017. Paper, €26. ISBN: 978-88-555-3379-9

The aim of the book, as stated by Tosi in the preface, is to combine philological analysis and anthropological comparison in order to study the evolution of the concept of ἔρως in Archaic Greece. The second contribution, by Boehringer and Chabod, ‘Sotto il rischio di eros: genere e poesia melica in una società che precede sessualità’, provides the theoretical foundations for the study of gender and sexual identity in antiquity. Boehringer/Chabod refer to entire books without page numbers, and C.’s bibliography contains surprising gaps.2 Moreover, the interpretations offered in all three contributions rely excessively on speculation based on vague parallels or general likelihood. Textual variation is not sufficiently taken into consideration, which is particularly detrimental in the case of Sappho's ‘Kypris Song’ (fr. 26 V. + P.Sapph.Obbink), where the choice of reading has a significant effect on the interpretation (cf. now inter alia L. Benelli, Sapphostudien [2017], pp. 111–27; K. Tsantsanoglou and S. Tselikas, Eikasmos 28 [2017], 23–36; A. Lardinois, ZPE 205 [2018], 1–5).