A Comprehensive Dictionary of Gods, Goddesses, Demigods, and Other Subjects in Greek and Roman Mythology

With one exception (its price) I am going to conclude that this is a well thought‐out, comprehensive and useful little dictionary. If that sounds like a prelude to negative comment, I have also to observe that it comes into a highly competitive and crowded market. This review is being written the day after the print issue of Reference Reviews arrived carrying my review (RR 2004/182) of The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion (Price and Kearns, 2003). The two titles are not strictly in direct competition as they have (or seem to have) different purposes, but...