More Noted Things

Mary Beard,"Knossos: Fakes, Facts, and Mystery," NYRB, 13 August, reviews Cathy Gere's Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism.

Joan Acocella,"Betrayal," New Yorker, 3 August, reviews Susan Gubar's Judas: A Biography and Herbert Krosney's The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot.

John Warne Monroe,"Isn't It Romantic?" Commonweal, 17 July, reviews Tim Blanning's The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians, and Their Art. Hat tip.

Roger Cohen,"Iran: The Tragedy & the Future," NYRB, 13 August, looks at the prospects for Iran.

Adam Hochschild,"The Rape of the Congo," NYRB, 13 August, takes a look at prospects for Africa's heartland.

Finally, congratulations to Cliopatria's friend, Stephen D. Marlowe, who has been re-instated on the faculty of Ohio's Edison Community College.