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This is a rewarding attempt to qualify the current scholarship on the Nymphs. A major asset of the book is that Larson, unlike many of her colleagues, has no scruples to accept, albeit with an understandably apologetic tone, the basic continuity between the ancient and the modern Greek material. This provides a depth and perspective lacking from many similar endeavours in the field of Classics. Methodologically, Larson leans rather to the psychosexual than to the structuralist analysis. This may put off the acolytes of Vernant, Detienne, Vidal-Naquet at points, but generally it functions satisfactorily. The books would bear improvement in some respects. The chapter "Nymphs in Poetry" is somewhat overdrawn and repetitive. The typography of the book, certainly not Larson's primary responsibility, is quite disappointing when it comes to the Greek, especially the Modern. This is surprising for a book published by the OUP. In general, however, Larson has provided us with a specimen of fresh scholarship.

Although intended for the classicist, this excellent, erudite book is accessible to general readers (like me). Prof. Larson surveys everything that is known about nymphs, from their appearances in Greek literature to evidence of cult worship. She deals with little-known subjects like nympholepsy (which is NOT what Nabokov thought it was) and leads us on a tour of caves devoted to nymph worship. Illustrated with numerous black and white photos (but no Victorian paintings of nymphs; it isn't that kind of book). Hard to believe this is the first book on nymphs, but there will be no need for a second; this is definitive.