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RECENTLY PUBLISHED by the Society of Biblical Literature:http://www.sbl-site.org/Publications/Books_WGRW.aspxHierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments, and ExcerptsIlaria RamelliTranslated by David KonstanPaper $32.95978-1-58983-418-7272 pages2009Writings from the Greco-Reoman World 28Hierocles, the Stoic philosopher of the early imperial age, is a crucial witness to Middle and Neo-Stoicism, especiallywith regard to their ethical philosophy. In this volume, all of Hierocles&#8217; surviving works are translated into English forthe first time, with the original Greek and a facing English translation: the Elements of Ethics, preserved on papyrus,along with all fragments and excerpts from the treatise On Duties, collected by Stobaeus in the fifth century c.e. and dealing mainly with social relationships, marriage, household, and family.In addition, Ramelli&#8217;s introductory essay demonstrates how Hierocles was indebted to the Old Stoa and how he modified its doctrines in accord with Middle Stoicism and further developments in philosophy as well as his personal views. Finally, Ramelli&#8217;s extensive commentary on Hierocles&#8217; works clarifies philosophical questions raised by the text and provides rich and updated references to existing scholarship.Ilaria Ramelli is Assistant Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the Catholic University of the SacredHeart in Milan. David Konstan is the John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classicsand the Humanistic Tradition and Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University.Philodemus, On DeathTranslated with an Introduction and Notes by W. Benjamin HenryPaper $34.95978-1-58983-446-0194 pages2009Writings from the Greco-Reoman World 29&#160; On Death, by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus of Gadara, is among the most significantphilosophical treatments of the theme surviving from the Greco-Roman world. The authorwas an influential figure in first-century b.c.e. Roman society, associated with poets such asVirgil and politicians such as the father-in-law of Julius Caesar. The surviving copies of histreatises were carbonized following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 c.e. This edition containsthe Greek text, newly reconstituted with the help of the infrared imaging technology that hasrevolutionized the study of Philodemus&#8217;s works in the twenty-first century, and completelytranslated into English for the first time. An extensive introduction provides background onPhilodemus and his writings, accompanying notes enrich the text, and forty-four pages ofphotographs illustrate the papyrus manuscript from which the translation is drawn.W. Benjamin Henry has been a Harrington Faculty Fellow and ISAC Research Fellow andLecturer in classics at The University of Texas at Austin