Steven Smith’s monograph is precisely the kind of book that needed to be written on this subject. It is a pleasure to read from beginning to end.

Steven D. Smith. Greek epigram and Byzantine culture: gender, desire, and denial in the age of Justinian. Greek culture in the Roman world. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Regina Höschele, University of Toronto