The subtitle of the book refers felicitously to a trio of papers at its core... All three are fresh, perceptive and realistic treatments of the subject.
The Times Literary Supplement
...although this is a volume aimed chiefly at specialist scholars in the first instance, its ramifications and implications extend far beyond the sheltered groves of academe.
The Times Higher Education Supplement
this is a worthy tribute to David Lewis, and a Stakhanovite effort by the joint editors Robin Osborne and Simon Hornblower, who have ensured very speedy publication.
Greece and Rome Reviews 42
a fitting tribute to this great scholar ... let me say that O. and H. have produced a meticulously edited book, and that everyone interested in Greek society, politics, religion, economics, indeed every aspect of ancient Greek society, will use this book at some time: it stands as a tribute to a great scholar and a complex and great civilization.
Ian Worthington, University of Tasmania, Classical Review, Vol. XLVI, No. 1 1996